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Russian Hackers Pose as Cyber Firm to Spy on Embassies


A notorious Russian hacking group is impersonating a prominent cybersecurity firm and using the country’s internet providers to spy on foreign embassies, according to a report published Thursday by Microsoft Corp.

A notorious Russian hacking group is impersonating a prominent cybersecurity firm and using the country’s internet providers to spy on foreign embassies, according to a report published Thursday by Microsoft Corp. The attackers, a group known as Turla or Secret Blizzard, engaged in a “large scale” cyber-espionage campaign in which they used Russian internet service providers, or ISPs, to conduct their hacks, according to Microsoft. Kaspersky didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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