The White House Says Latest Cyberespionage Onslaught Blamed On Russian Intelligence Cybers Guards
Officials dismissed the cyberattack as “simple phishing,” in which hackers sent malware-laden emails to government institutions, think tanks, and humanitarian organisations in the United States and abroad. Microsoft, which announced the initiative late Thursday, said it believes the majority of the emails were stopped by spam-filtering software. The company stated it was “not seeing indication of any large number of impacted organisations at this time” as of Friday afternoon. Nonetheless, the revelation of a new spy campaign so close to President Joe Biden’s June 16 summit with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin heightens the urgency of White House efforts to confront the Kremlin over aggressive cyber activity that has eluded criminal indictments and diplomatic sanctions....