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Russian Hackers Targeted US Conservative Think-Tanks, Says Microsoft (reuters.com)

retroworks shares a report: Hackers linked to Russia's government tried to target the websites of two right-wing U.S. think-tanks, suggesting they were broadening their attacks in the build-up to November elections, Microsoft said. The software giant said it thwarted the attempts last week by taking control of sites that hackers had designed to mimic the pages of The International Republican Institute and The Hudson Institute. Users were redirected to fake addresses where they were asked to enter usernames and passwords. There was no immediate comment from Russian authorities, but the Kremlin was expected to address the report later on Tuesday. It has regularly dismissed accusations that it has used hackers to influence U.S. elections and political opinion. Casting such allegations as part of an anti-Russian campaign designed to justify new sanctions on Russia, it says it wants to improve not worsen ties with Washington. Further reading: Microsoft Reveals First Known Midterm Campaign Hacking Attempts, and Microsoft Launches Pilot Program To Provide Cybersecurity Protection To Political Campaigns and Election Authorities.

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  1. More laughable fake news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Russians "meddled" in the elections, cries the Jewish media, over and over and over.
    In other words, the Jews failed to get their chosen candidate (Clinton) into power by hacking the electronic voting machines, because the overwhelming majority of Americans supported Trump - as can be CLEARLY proven by looking at the size of the crowds that went to his campaign speeches, compared to Clinton's crowds, so the Jews try to make out that Trump can't possibly have won the election, it must have been "meddled" with.
    And the same Jews were telling us that Clinton was definitely going to win the election, right up until the end of election night... it's all over Youtube, see for yourself.