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Microsoft Warns Over European Elections Hack Threat

Tech giant Microsoft has warned Europe about the growing threat of Russian hackers interfering in European elections after a hacker group targeted three major European think-tanks: The German Council on Foreign...

by LibertiesEU

Tech giant Microsoft has warned Europe about the growing threat of Russian hackers interfering in European elections after a hacker group targeted three major European think-tanks: The German Council on Foreign Relations, The Aspen Institutes in Europe and The German Marshall Fund. The hackers attempted to install malware in their systems by sending emails with suspect links to 104 employee accounts in Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, and Serbia.

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