Microsoft president warns Russian intelligence agencies and terrorist group Wagner are infiltrating gaming communities to gather information and recruit agents


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During the Semafor World Economic Forum, Microsoft President Brad Smith said that the corporation

has information about the interest of Russian intelligence services and the terrorist military organization The Wagner Group in the gaming community.

What is known

According to the businessman, the analytical departmentMicrosoft has comprehensively studied the available information and warned the company's management about the danger of introducing Russian intelligence services into the gaming community. This topic was raised in the context of the war in Ukraine and the recently leaked secret Pentagon documents. It is known that the most important information was posted on closed gaming forums, including the Minecraft Discord server.

In turn, Microsoft informed the US government about the interest of the FSB and the GRU of Russia in playgrounds, as sources of information and, possibly, recruitment of agents.