From propaganda campaigns against foreign political opponents to targeting the Ukrainian electrical grid, state-sponsored Russian hacking is notable less for its technical prowess (to this day, most attacks begin as that most low-tech of all hacking efforts, convincing unwary targets to open malware-laden links or emails) but for the boldness of the efforts. Sheera Fenkel writes on how Russian operations are increasingly “testing the limits of what other countries will tolerate as acts of war”.
Russia’s involvement in the most brazen attack on the US, the email breach of senior Democratic Party members, resulted in only minor sanctions on Russian officials …read more
Source: Daily Kos
