Russian hackers are back, hitting hundreds of companies in the US
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October 25, 2021 - Russia's leading intelligence agency has launched another cyber attack on US government, corporate and think-tank computer networks. The New York Times reports, citing Microsoft officials and cybersecurity experts.
The attack comes just months after US President Joe Biden imposed sanctions on Moscow in response to a series of sophisticated spying operations Russia conducted around the world.
Government officials confirmed that the operation, apparently aimed at acquiring data stored in the cloud, appeared to come from SVR, the Russian intelligence agency that was the first to enter the networks of the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 elections. .
Although Microsoft has insisted that the percentage of successful breaches is small, it has not provided enough information to accurately measure the severity of the attack, the NYT writes.