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Brian Fung @b_fung NEW: US and UK national security officials say that since mid-2019, Russian military intelligence has sought to break the passwords of employees at hundreds of organizations worldwide, including US and European military agencies, government offices, law firms and more.


4:03 PM · Jul 1, 2021·TweetDeck

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NEW: US and UK national security officials say that since mid-2019, Russian military intelligence has sought to break the passwords of employees at hundreds of organizations worldwide, including US and European military agencies, government offices, law firms and more.

— Brian Fung (@b_fung) July 1, 2021

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The main feature of this campaign was an attempt to brute-force victim passwords — essentially, trying different passwords until the attackers gained access — and then use other known software vulnerabilities to steal emails, compromise other accounts and collect more data.