Collaborate Disseminate
In a new skirmish, Microsoft took control of six internet domains that were about to be used by the group to spoof US political organisations. Continue reading Microsoft disrupts Fancy Bear election meddlers
The Russian intelligence office that breached the Democratic National Committee in 2016 has spoofed websites associated with the U.S. Senate and conservative think tanks in a further attempt to sow discord, according to new research from Microsoft. The tech giant last week executed a court order and shut down six internet domains set up by the Kremlin-linked hacking group known as Fancy Bear or APT 28, Microsoft President Brad Smith said. “We have now used this approach 12 times in two years to shut down 84 fake websites associated with this group,” Smith wrote in a blog post. “We’re concerned that these and other attempts pose security threats to a broadening array of groups connected with both American political parties in the run-up to the 2018 elections.” The domains were constructed to look like they belonged to the Hudson Institute and International Republican Institute, but were in fact phishing websites […]
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