(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s what you need to know:New targets for Russian hackers• The Russian military intelligence unit that sought to influence the 2016 election has recently focused on conservative American think tanks that have been critical of Moscow, according to a report to be released today by Microsoft. The company said it had seized websites in recent weeks that sought to trick people into thinking they were clicking on links managed by the Hudson Institute and the International Republican Institute. The sites redirected to web pages to steal passwords and other data. Microsoft also found websites imitating the U.S. Senate, but it was able to catch the spoofed sites as they were set up.

Source: New York Times August 21, 2018 09:42 UTC