- Jun 9, 2013
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Two separate hacker groups have breached the servers and compromised the computer network of the US Democratic National Committee (DNC), and have been reading emails, chats, and have exfiltrated documents containing opposition research on Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump.
According to findings by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, which has been called in late April to investigate suspicious network activity, one group – dubbed Cosy Bear – has access to the email and chat logs for nearly a year, and the other (Fancy Bear) accessed the database with the documents about Trump and began exfiltrating them.
It is the latter’s actions that were noticed and triggered the investigation.
“We’ve had lots of experience with both of these actors attempting to target our customers in the past and know them well. In fact, our team considers them some of the best adversaries out of all the numerous nation-state, criminal and hacktivist/terrorist groups we encounter on a daily basis,” noted CrowdStrike CTO Dmitri Alperovitch.
Full Article. Russian hackers spied on US Democrats' chats and emails for a year - Help Net Security
According to findings by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, which has been called in late April to investigate suspicious network activity, one group – dubbed Cosy Bear – has access to the email and chat logs for nearly a year, and the other (Fancy Bear) accessed the database with the documents about Trump and began exfiltrating them.
It is the latter’s actions that were noticed and triggered the investigation.
“We’ve had lots of experience with both of these actors attempting to target our customers in the past and know them well. In fact, our team considers them some of the best adversaries out of all the numerous nation-state, criminal and hacktivist/terrorist groups we encounter on a daily basis,” noted CrowdStrike CTO Dmitri Alperovitch.
Full Article. Russian hackers spied on US Democrats' chats and emails for a year - Help Net Security
