It is also primarily responsible for the attacks on the Democratic presidential campaign in 2016.

In 2016, the group primarily depended on spear-phishing to capture peoples log-in credentials or compromise their accounts.

Its targets have included individuals in two categories.

Hackers target US election

The first category is targeting people closely associated with U.S. presidential campaigns and candidates.

The activity was also spotted by Google back in June.

We are taking extra steps to protect customers involved in elections, government and policymaking.

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Well continue to disclose additional significant activity in our efforts to defend democracy.

source: www.techworm.net