cyber attack
The aim is to "break through Putin’s digital wall of censorship" and make sure Russians aren't totally cut off from reality, said a Squad303 representative.
Members of the cybercriminal group REvil demanded $70 million to unlock computer systems belonging to Kaseya, a global software company.
On Sunday, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said the government must work with private companies to block cyberattacks capable of shutting down the nation's power grid.
The newspaper shot back that Trump's own officials made clear they had no security concerns about the article.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Dan Coats says the danger signs are as serious as warnings before 9/11.
Danish Defense Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen said it's a "constant battle" to keep hackers away.
Just as the internet has connected people beyond borders, weaponized information is reshaping war, espionage and propaganda globally.
Security in the century ahead will depend more on our moral imagination than it will on amazing technological breakthroughs.
There's "no doubt" Putin "tried to interfere with our fundamental democratic process," the former vice president says.
The company believes this massive attack in 2013 is separate from the hack of 500 million accounts in 2014.