CZECH POLICE ARREST RUSSIAN SUSPECTED OF HACKS AGAINST U. S.

Czech police in cooperation with the FBI said Wednesday they arrested a Russian national suspected of participating in hacking attacks directed at the United States, officials said.

The suspect, who was not immediately identified, is not linked to recent breaches of the Democratic National Committee, the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton or recent cyber incursions of state voter databases that have prompted U. S. authorities to tighten computer defenses across the country, two federal law enforcement officials said.

The officials asked not to be named because they were not authorized to comment publicly. — Kevin Johnson