Microsoft alleges Russian hackers targeted conservative US think tanks

Russian hackers affiliated with the Kremlin established web pages that imitated sites belonging to U.S. conservative think tanks, Senate websites, and Microsoft’s Office 365 email platform, Microsoft announced Tuesday.

The company revealed that the hackers, who were identified as belonging to the infamous group Fancy Bear, were seeking to obtain users’ passwords by duping users into providing login information. A federal court granted Microsoft the authority to remove the fabricated websites last week.