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12 Russians indicted for DNC hack, officially placing foreign blame on 2016 email attack

sudshr47 July 13, 2018

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Twelve Russian intelligence officers have just been indicted by the Justice Department for hacking the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 elections.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced on Friday that 12 foreign agents from Russia’s GRU intelligence agency attempted to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. In order to do this, the agents used spear-phishing attacks through malware. Using the “X-agent” malware, the Russian intelligence officers were able to use and collect passwords from unsuspecting targets via key-logging and screenshots.  Read more…

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Yep: Russian hackers have targeted everyone from Colin Powell to Pussy Riot to the Vatican

sudshr47 November 2, 2017

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Russian hackers — they’re everywhere. Not even those in the the pope’s camp are safe from them, according to a new report. And yes: That pope.

While the narrative surrounding Russian hacking efforts has centered mostly around the 2016 U.S. election, a new report published by cybersecurity firm Secureworks and obtained by the Associated Press shows hackers also targeted figures like John Kerry, Colin Powell, a member of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot, and — gasp! — a representative of the Pope Francis, based in Kiev.

According to the AP, the list shows hackers, aligned with the Russian government, who attempted to bust into around 4,700 Gmail accounts (leaving one to wonder why a representative for the pope even uses Gmail).  Read more…

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