Stop targeting Russian hackers, Trump administration orders US Cyber Command

For years, the United States has joined with much of the rest of the world, in declaring that Russia poses a significant cyber threat – hosting cybercriminal gangs and state-sponsored hackers who present a danger to national security, critical infrastructure, and commercial organisations.

But, in a radical departure from longstanding assessments by national intelligence agencies, Donald Trump’s administration has now indicated that it no longer views Russian hackers as a threat – and has ordere