Cybersecurity
Russian Hackers Targeted Former US Ambassador in Spy Effort
Cold River group has been previously linked to the FSB intelligence service
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Hackers with links to the Kremlin targeted a former American ambassador to Ukraine as part of a spree of attacks on Russian and foreign civil society targets, security researchers say.
Beginning in February, attackers attempted to steal passwords from former officials and academics in the US and prominent exiled Russian opposition figures and media organizations that may have been selected due to their networks among politically-sensitive communities, according to reports published Wednesday by civil society groups including Access Now and the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab.