Ryska hackare använde phishing mot det demokratiska partiet

Ryska hackare lyckades ta sig in i det ameriklanska demokratiska partiets datoprsystem bland annat med hjälp av en så kallad phishing-attack riktad mot utvalda medlemmar av partiet.

Ett stort antal falska mail skickades ut som påstods innehålla uppdateringar för offrens datorer och e-posttjänst. Attacken riktades mot 108 utvalda individer varav minst 20 av dem klickae på länlkarna i mailen.

Between October 2015 and May 2016, CTU researchers analyzed 8,909 Bitly links that targeted 3,907 individual Gmail accounts and corporate and organizational email accounts that use Gmail as a service. In March 2016, CTU researchers identified a spearphishing campaign using Bitly accounts to shorten malicious URLs. The targets were similar to a 2015 TG-4127 campaign — individuals in Russia and the former Soviet states, current and former military and government personnel in the U.S. and Europe, individuals working in the defense and government supply chain, and authors and journalists — but also included email accounts linked to the November 2016 United States presidential election. Specific targets include staff working for or associated with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC), including individuals managing Clinton’s communications, travel, campaign finances, and advising her on policy.

Rapporten är sammanställd av SecureWorks