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European Union diplomatic communications 'targeted by hackers'

World

Hackers successfully targeted the European Union's diplomatic communications over a period of several years, The New York Times reports.Thousands of messages were intercepted in which diplomats referenced a range of subjects from US President Donald Trump to global trade.The breach was reportedly discovered by the cyber-security company Area 1.European officials say that information marked as confidential and secret was not affected by the three-year hack.One expert told the New York Times that the methods used by the hackers were similar to those previously used by the Chinese military."After over a decade of experience countering Chinese cyber-operations... there is no doubt this campaign is connected to the Chinese government," he said.The intercepted ...

Microsoft claims win over 'Russian political hackers'

Technology

Russian attempts to launch cyber-attacks against US conservative groups have been thwarted, Microsoft says.The software company said Russian hackers had tried to steal data from political organisations, including the International Republican Institute and the Hudson Institute think tanks.But they had been thwarted when its security staff had won control of six net domains mimicking their websites.Microsoft said the Fancy Bear hacking group had been behind the attacks.Domain control"We're concerned that these and other attempts pose security threats to a broadening array of groups connected with both American political parties in the run-up to the 2018 elections," Microsoft said in its blog detailing its work.The thwarted attack w...

US Senate in Russian hackers' crosshairs: Cybersecurity firms

Technology

The same Russian government-aligned hackers who penetrated the Democratic Party have spent the past few months laying the groundwork for an espionage campaign against the U.S. Senate, a cybersecurity firm said in a report Friday. The revelation suggests the group often nicknamed Fancy Bear, whose hacking campaign scrambled the 2016 U.S. electoral contest, is still busy trying to gather the emails of America's political elite. "They're still very active — in making preparations at least — to influence public opinion again," said Feike Hacquebord, a security researcher at Trend Micro Inc. who authoered the report. "They are looking for information they might leak later." The Senate Sergeant at Arms office, which is responsible for the upper house's security, declined to comment, but Nebrask...