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Russian hackers targeting U.S. officials ahead of election, Microsoft warns

Microsoft warned that Russian hacker group Midnight Blizzard has targeted U.S. Officials with phishing emails before the election.
Thousands of phishing emails were sent to over 100 organizations, as detected by Microsoft.
The hackers are linked to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service and have been active since 2018, with a likely goal of intelligence collection.

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Bloomberg

Russian Hackers Are Targeting US Officials, Microsoft Says

Russian hackers are going after US government officials, defense workers and others in a new email phishing campaign targeting thousands of people, according to Microsoft Corp.

4 months ago·United States

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Newsweek

Russian hackers targeting U.S. officials ahead of election, Microsoft warns

Efforts to undermine the 2024 presidential election continue as Microsoft warns that Russian hackers are targeting government officials.

4 months ago·United States

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The Register

Russian spies using remote desktop protocol files to phish

The prolific Midnight Blizzard crew cast a much wider net in search of scrummy intel

4 months ago

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Engadget

Microsoft issues warning for ongoing Russia-affiliated spear-phishing campaign

Midnight Blizzard, the same threat actor behind the SolarWinds attacks, has recently sent out thousands of spear-phishing emails to collect information, according to Microsoft.

4 months ago·United States

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The Kyiv Independent

Russian hackers targeting US officials, Microsoft warns

Russian hacker group Midnight Blizzard has been sending highly targeted phishing emails to U.S. individuals working in government, academia, defense, and non-governmental organizations, Microsoft warned in a blog post on Oct. 29.The warning came exactly a week before the U.S. presidential election, with U.S. intelligence accusing Russia of interference to undermine the Democratic ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. During the ca…

4 months ago·Kyiv, Ukraine

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The Straits Times

Russian hackers are targeting US officials, says Microsoft

Russian hackers are going after US government officials, defence workers and others in a new e-mail phishing campaign targeting thousands of people, according to Microsoft.

4 months ago·Singapore

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