The World - News from Aug. 17, 1989
Three West German computer hackers suspected of giving the Soviet Union information from military and industrial computers worldwide were indicted on espionage charges, prosecutors said in Frankfurt. Bonn called the breakup of the spy ring, which gave the KGB secret data from 12 countries, including the United States, “a major blow” to the Soviets.
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