2020 is shaping up to look a lot like 2016 when it comes to election interference
used by Fancy Bear, the Russian-affiliated hacking operation, to attack U.S. Senate staffers and employees of nonprofit groups like International Republican Institute that have been critical of Russia and its leader, President Vladimir Putin.that political candidates, parties, and democracy-focused NGOs can use for free to protect themselves against the hacking attempts and other cyberthreats.
Burt says that he and his team have detected a pattern in the cyberattacks that they’re seeing. “Early on in election cycles, we often see the majority of attacks targeting NGOs and think tanks involved in policy-making process and that are in communication with campaigns,” Burt says. “As we get closer to elections themselves, we often see more attacks targeting campaigns themselves and the personal email of campaign staff.
The Microsoft data suggest that, when it comes to the threat of cyberattacks, the 2020 elections are shaping up to be as bad or worse than 2016.
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