russian hackers
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SolarWinds Hackers Accessed More Than 3,000 DOJ Email Accounts
In yet another dastardly twist in the ongoing SolarWinds debacle, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that hackers had accessed the inboxes of over 3,000 DOJ employee Microsoft email accounts.
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Russia Deceived Black Activists Into Aiding Their Election Interference Scheme
A landmark investigation from Russian news outlet RBC uncovered a Kremlin-sponsored scheme that used Facebook to recruit black activists in the US as part of Russia’s election interference campaign, reportedly paying them to organise Black Lives Matter rallies, self-defence classes and produce content for Russian-owned sites decrying police brutality. Contacted by Buzzfeed News, the activists had…
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Russia’s Attack On The US Election Was Apparently Much Worse Than We Thought
If you had any doubt that Russian hackers attempted to meddle with the United States electoral system, a new report from Bloomberg is here to scare the crap out of you. Not only did Russia go after a voting software supplier in one state (as previously reported by The Intercept), Putin’s cyber army reportedly targeted…
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Russian Hackers Are Hoarding More Than A Billion Stolen Passwords
A Russian crime gang is in possession the largest known collection of stolen passwords, user names, email addresses and other online credentials. That’s one of the worst collections a Russian crime gang can have other than, I don’t know, rocket launchers and dirty bombs.