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16 August 2024

Russia launching more sophisticated phishing attacks, new report finds

Stephanie Kirchgaessner

Russia’s state security agency is launching increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks against US, European and Russian civil society members, in some cases by impersonating individuals who are personally close to the targets of the attacks, according to a new investigation by security researchers.

A new report by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto and Access Now comes as the FBI has separately launched an investigation into suspected hacking attempts by Iran targeting an adviser to Donald Trump and advisers to the Harris-Walz campaign.

State-sponsored hacking campaigns – including ones that seek to influence political campaigns – are not new: Hillary Clinton was targeted by hackers linked to the Russian government in the months before her unsuccessful presidential bid in 2016.

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