Russians used 'seemingly legitimate email accounts to trick victims into revealing account credentials,' the DOJ says. Targets included Defense and State Department officials.

Microsoft and the Justice Department have seized over 100 domains used by the Russian ColdRiver hacking group to target United States government employees and nonprofit organizations from Russia and worldwide in spear-phishing attacks.

U.S. authorities and Microsoft say hackers linked to Russian intelligence targeted dozens of former military and intelligence officials, journalists and civil society groups with a sophisticated campa