Hackers Linked to Russian Government Impersonate EFF Website to Spread Malware

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has issued an alert, urging users to watch out for a spear phishing email campaign that's infecting victims with the Sednit malware.

This was brought to EFF's attention by Google's security team, after the electronicfrontierfoundation.org domain was flagged in one of their routine scans. The official EFF domain name is eff.org.

As previously investigated by Trend Micro researchers, Operation Pawn Storm seems to be the work of a hacking group closely affiliated with the Russian Government.

Previous victims of Operation Pawn Storm include Western financial institutions, NATO forces, the White House, the Polish government, and various Russian journalists, all critics of the Kremlin regime.

By targeting the EFF website, the hackers behind the recent phishing campaign are hoping to gather information on Russian-based dissidents that regularly visit the EFF website, known for exposing many of the government's abuses.
 
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