A candidate for office from the United Kingdom’s Labour Party says Russian hackers sent him malware-laced email in what he deemed a “sophisticated” attack. Ben Bradshaw, who has spoken up about Russian interference in British politics, revealed Tuesday that he had received a suspicious email purporting to be from a Russian whistleblower. Cyber & security experts I consulted found a mysterious email I received from a Kremlin “whistleblower” last week contained sophisticated malware. Reported to the @NCSC. Still waiting for publication of that #RussiaReport, Johnson. #ReleaseTheRussianReport https://t.co/U3O3Bdp38l — Ben Bradshaw (@BenPBradshaw) December 3, 2019 The email included a ruse that used the signature of a Russian envoy and PowerPoint slide purportedly produced by Russia’s FSB intelligence agency, The Guardian reported. Bradshaw did not immediately respond to CyberScoop’s request for him to elaborate on the incident. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), one of the UK’s main cybersecurity agencies, is investigating […]
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