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Offline TomSea

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Microsoft 'halts Russian political hack'
« on: August 21, 2018, 09:05:40 am »
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Microsoft 'halts Russian political hack'

Russian attempts to launch cyber-attacks against US conservative groups have been thwarted, Microsoft says.

The software company said Russian hackers had tried to steal data from political organisations, including the International Republican Institute and the Hudson Institute think tanks.

But they had been thwarted when its security staff had won control of six net domains mimicking their websites.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45257081
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Re: Microsoft 'halts Russian political hack'
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2018, 11:38:12 am »
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