Microsoft Disrupts APT28 Hacking Campaign Aimed at US Midterm Elections

guest · Aug 21, 2018

Microsoft Disrupts APT28 Hacking Campaign Aimed at US Midterm Elections
August 21, 2018
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...cking-campaign-aimed-at-us-midterm-elections/

Microsoft revealed last night that it successfully disrupted a hacking campaign associated with the Russian military intelligence service GRU.

The group is known in infosec industry circles as APT28, Fancy Bear, or Strontium, and has been previously linked to cyber-espionage campaigns aimed at numerous governments around the world, including to the hack of the Democratic National Committee ahead of the 2016 US Presidential Election.
Microsoft has now taken over 84 APT28 domains
Microsoft says it managed to gain ownership of the domains before they were used in any attacks.

The OS maker said this was the twelfth time they used a court order to take control of domains they believed to be associated with APT28's attack infrastructure. Smith said they have now taken control of 84 APT28 domains in the last two years.
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zapjb · Aug 21, 2018

Good on you M$. Time to step the **** up fb you ********.

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