U.S. authorities disrupted the infrastructure used by a notorious Russian hacking group linked to the country's military intelligence agency.

A law enforcement effort dubbed "Medusa" targeted malware deployed by Moscow's Federal Security Service, officials said Tuesday.

The Department of Justice announced Monday an effort to take down a global network of over 100,000 enslaved computers.

A last minute effort to stop the granting of new hacking powers to federal law enforcement failed on a mostly empty Senate floor Wednesday morning.

Just over one week remains until Rule 41 is adopted granting the government vast new hacking powers. Members of Congress are pushing for a more public debate…