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November 10, 2016

Russian ‘Dukes’ of Hackers Pounce on Trump Win

This post was originally published on this siteLess than six hours after Donald Trump became the president-elect of the United States, a Russian hacker gang perhaps best known for breaking into computer networks at the Democratic National Committee launched a volley of targeted phishing campaigns against American political think-tanks and non-government organizations (NGOs). One of the phishing emails in the latest political espionage attack launched by The Dukes. Source: Volexity. That’s according to a new report from Washington, D.C.-based cyber incident response firm Volexity. The firm’s researchers say they’ve been closely monitoring the activities of an well-established Russian malware development gang known […]