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U.S. government and aid agencies targeted by cyberattack attributed to Russia by Microsoft

The Kremlin has dismissed new allegations from Microsoft that Russian state hackers used a State Department email account to launch a hack on a human rights groups.

The White House says it believes U.S. government agencies largely fended off the latest cyberespionage onslaught blamed on Russia intelligence operatives, saying the spear-phishing campaign should not further damage relations with Moscow ahead of next month’s planned presidential summit.

Jean-Luc Ichard/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The Kremlin has dismissed new allegations from Microsoft that Russian state hackers seized control of the email system of the State Department's international aid agency in order to target dozens of other organizations in the United States and around the world, including human rights groups and other critics of president Vladimir Putin's government. Microsoft on Thursday said the new attack was carried out by the same group of Russian hackers behind ...

WASHINGTON — The White House says it believes U.S. government agencies largely fended off the latest cyberespionage onslaught blamed on Russian intelligence operatives, saying the spear-phishing campaign should not further damage relations with Moscow ahead of next month’s planned presidential summit.

Latest Russian hack attempt largely fended off by US agencies, White House says By Frank Bajak and Eric Tucker Published  Ransomware attacks, explained Ransomware is an ever-evolving form of malware that scrambles a victim organization’s data with encryption, then criminals demand a ransom in exchange for software decryption keys. WASHINGTON - The White House says it believes U.S. government agencies largely fended off the latest cyberespionage onslaught blamed on Russian intelligence operat...

The White House says it believes U.S. government agencies largely fended off the latest cyberespionage onslaught blamed on Russian intelligence operatives, saying the spear-phishing campaign should not further damage relations with Moscow ahead of next months planned presidential summit.

U.S. says agencies largely fended off latest Russian hack Hackers gained access to an email marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development and targeted about 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 organizations.   By FRANK BAJAK and ...

Microsoft says the latest effort targeted about 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 organizations in at least two dozen countries.

SolarWinds Hackers Sent Malware Messages on 2020 Election from U.S. Agency Email Account On 5/28/21 at 12:24 PM EDT Russian-based hackers behind the SolarWinds attacks sent email containing malware to over 3,000 accounts in more than 150 organizations from a marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Associated Press reported. The phishing emails were sent May 25 and claimed to contain new information on 2020 election fraud claims and included a link that allowed ha...