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Russian government hackers target civil society groups after compromising USAID email marketing acco
Source: Washington Post
Russian government hackers target civil society groups after compromising USAID email marketing account
By Ellen Nakashima and Hamza Shaban
May 28, 2021 at 11:19 a.m. EDT
The Russian spy agency behind the SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign has launched a new blitz targeting government agencies and civil society groups, commandeering an email marketing account used by the State Department’s international aid agency, Microsoft said late Thursday.
The new cyberspying campaign comes as President Biden is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next month in Geneva.
The hackers compromised an email marketing account used by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to target 3,000 individuals tied to international development, humanitarian, government organizations and human rights groups, Microsoft vice president Tom Burt wrote in a blog post.
Many of the emails were blocked by automated software, the company said.
The hackers are linked to the Russian foreign intelligence service SVR, which carried out the SolarWinds intrusions that compromised at least nine federal agencies and 100 companies in the United States, said analysts tracking the ongoing campaign.
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By Ellen Nakashima and Hamza Shaban
May 28, 2021 at 11:19 a.m. EDT
The Russian spy agency behind the SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign has launched a new blitz targeting government agencies and civil society groups, commandeering an email marketing account used by the State Department’s international aid agency, Microsoft said late Thursday.
The new cyberspying campaign comes as President Biden is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next month in Geneva.
The hackers compromised an email marketing account used by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to target 3,000 individuals tied to international development, humanitarian, government organizations and human rights groups, Microsoft vice president Tom Burt wrote in a blog post.
Many of the emails were blocked by automated software, the company said.
The hackers are linked to the Russian foreign intelligence service SVR, which carried out the SolarWinds intrusions that compromised at least nine federal agencies and 100 companies in the United States, said analysts tracking the ongoing campaign.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-hack-usaid-human-rights-groups/2021/05/28/3e996c42-bfae-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html