Russian hackers targeted conservative think tanks prior to midterms

From Fox News.com (Aug. 21):

Microsoft on Monday said it seized websites created by Russian hackers to imitate conservative American think tanks, but instead redirected visitors to websites where their passwords could be stolen.

The New York Times reported that some of the sites that were targeted were the Hudson Institute and the International Republican Institute, think tanks that have disagreed with President Trump on ending Russian sanctions.

Three other fake domains were designed to look as if they belonged to the U.S. Senate.

“To be clear, we currently have no evidence these domains were used in any successful attacks before the DCU [Digital Crime Unit] transferred control of them, nor do we have evidence to indicate the identity of the ultimate targets of any planned attack involving these domains,” Microsoft said on the blog. [read more]

I thought the Russians were in collusion with President Trump? I mean it’s the conservatives that are more likely to be in favor of Trump’s agenda than the Left. Hmmm. Doesn’t sound like the Russians are treating their partners in crime very well.