The US government has formally accused Russia of hacking the Democratic party’s computer networks and said that Moscow was attempting to “interfere” with the US presidential election. The Wada hack was perceived to have been launched in revenge against whistleblowing athletes who revealed corruption among Russian anti-doping officials. The hacking group has been assigned different shorthand names by different analysts – including the flamboyant moniker Fancy Bear – as well as Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) 28 and the Sofacy group. Cozy Bear is believed to be affiliated to the FSB, the Russian intelligence agency most directly descended from the KGB. “I applaud the administration’s decision to publicly name Russia as the source of hacks into US political institutions.

Source: The Guardian October 07, 2016 21:15 UTC