Russian state hackers who disrupted 2016 US poll targeting vote again: MS

MOSCOW: The same Russian military intelligence outfit that hacked the Democrats in 2016 has attempted similar intrusions into the computer systems of over 200 outfits, including political parties and consultants, Microsoft said on Thursday.
“What we’ve seen is consistent with previous attack patterns,” Tom Burt, a Microsoft vice president, said in a blog post. Most of the infiltration attempts by Russian, Chinese and Iranian agents were halted by Microsoft and the targets notified, he said. The company would not comment on who may’ve been hacked or the impact. The GRU military intelligence unit, known as Fancy Bear, that Microsoft identifies as being behind the current poll-related activity also broke into voter databases in at least three states in 2016, though there is no evidence it tried to interfere with voting.