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Fancy Bear's targets have included Eastern European governments and militaries, the country of Georgia and the Caucasus, Ukraine, [25] security-related organizations such as NATO, as well as US defense contractors Academi (formerly known as Blackwater and Xe Services), Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), [26] Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon. [25]
These groups are known as Fancy Bear [3] and Cozy Bear (or "Sofacy"). [3] [4] CrowdStrike assisted with efforts to deal with the DCCC breach. [4] There was significant concern that the Russian Government was attempting to influence the 2016 Presidential campaign.
He has been cited for his work on the planning theory of law and for pioneering experimental jurisprudence. [4] He serves as an editor of Legal Theory and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy . With Oona A. Hathaway , he developed the concept of "outcasting" in international law and has been critical of humanitarian intervention without ...
Symantec has observed Fancy Bear conducting intelligence gathering hacks in Europe and South America, including governments, military targets, an embassy and a "well-known international organization."
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
"Cozy Bear" had access to DNC systems since the summer of 2015; and "Fancy Bear", since April 2016. There was no evidence of collaboration or knowledge of the other's presence within the system. Rather, the "two Russian espionage groups compromised the same systems and engaged separately in the theft of identical credentials".
SecureWorks concluded Fancy Bear had sent Podesta an email on March 19, 2016, that had the appearance of a Google security alert, but actually contained a misleading link—a strategy known as spear-phishing. (This tactic has also been used by hackers to break into the accounts of other notable persons, such as Colin Powell).
SecureWorks concluded Fancy Bear had sent Podesta an email on March 19, 2016, that had the appearance of a Google security alert, but actually contained a misleading link—a strategy known as spear-phishing. The link [160] —which used the URL shortening service Bitly—brought Podesta to a fake log-in page where he entered his Gmail credentials.