Russian Hackers Are Targeting US Officials, Microsoft Says
- Thousands targeted in spearphishing campaign during last week
- Hackers said to impersonate Microsoft employees in some emails
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Russian hackers are going after US government officials, defense workers and others in a new email phishing campaign targeting thousands of people, according to Microsoft Corp.
The hackers have sent “a series of highly targeted spearphishing emails” to thousands of people in more than 100 organizations since Oct. 22, according to a blog post from Microsoft Threat Intelligence published on Tuesday.