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Their alternate headline: New Russian Hacking Targeted Republican Groups, Microsoft Says
Microsoft said it had seized fake websites, linked to a Russian military intelligence unit, meant to trick people into thinking they were sites for Republican-leaning think tanks that have criticized President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
By David E. Sanger & Sheera Frenkel @ NYTimes.com, Aug. 21
BOSTON — The Russian military intelligence unit that sought to influence the 2016 election appears to have a new target: conservative American think tanks that have broken with President Trump and are seeking continued sanctions against Moscow, exposing oligarchs or pressing for human rights.
In a report scheduled for release on Tuesday, Microsoft Corporation said that it detected and seized websites that were created in recent weeks by hackers linked to the Russian unit formerly known as the G.R.U. The sites appeared meant to trick people into thinking they were clicking through links managed by the Hudson Institute and the International Republican Institute, but were secretly redirected to web pages created by the hackers to steal passwords and other credentials.
Microsoft also found websites imitating the United States Senate, but not specific Senate offices or political campaigns [....]
Comments
CNN: The Russians tried to hack the Senate and conservative think tanks, Microsoft says
Updated 12:52 AM ET, Tue August 21, 2018
by artappraiser on Tue, 08/21/2018 - 1:54am
Dangerous, foolhardy - don't they know they can download a whole load of stupid there? Could be the end of Russia as we know it.
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/21/2018 - 2:22am
What does
Trump, I mean Putin say about it..?The fake news came from failing disgusting witch hunting low iQ thugs at Microsoft..?
by NCD on Tue, 08/21/2018 - 12:54pm
My first thought was this one was an easy case for any of the deep-state conspiracy folks as the current CEO of Microsoft is an immigrant, and then the retired founder is a Soros style librul with his hands in all kinds of suspicious worldwide projects like vaccines and water supplies.
by artappraiser on Tue, 08/21/2018 - 2:31pm
They couldn't cover that up, the water supply, evildoers change, but never their nefarious methods!
by NCD on Tue, 08/21/2018 - 3:32pm