Hackers target the US election campaign
Microsoft warns of cyber attacks on people and organizations associated with the US election campaign. John Hultquist, Senior Director of Analysis at Mandiant Threat Intelligence, is particularly concerned about the aggressive campaigns of the Russian military intelligence service. “Political cyber espionage activities have in common that they target political organizations, because parties and campaigns are good sources of information about planned politics. The APT28 hacker group has a unique history that leads to fears that devastating activities and information campaigns may be launched upon us. Russian military intelligence service regularly violates international norms In addition to the hacking campaign ...