Security News > 2016 > June > Russian hackers spied on US Democrats’ chats and emails for a year (Help Net Security)
2016-06-15 15:35
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 … More →
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