Cybersecurity

How Russian Hackers Used U.S. Online Infrastructure Against Itself

Coaxial cables feed into a server.Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe
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Washington (AP) -- Exactly seven months before the 2016 presidential election, Russian government hackers made it onto a Democratic committee's network.

One of their carefully crafted fraudulent emails had hit pay dirt, enticing an employee to click a link and enter her password.