Russian hackers attack U.S. state and local government networks, U.S. government says

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The hackers successfully broke into an unspecified number of networks and, as of earlier this month, had stolen data from two of them, US said.

- Hackers sponsored by Russia have been trying to break into U.S. state and local government computer networks and in two instances were successful, U.S. government agencies said on Thursday - the second major warning over foreign hacking in as many days.

The hackers successfully broke into an unspecified number of networks and, as of earlier this month, had stolen data from two of them, the agencies said in a posting on the website of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security. The alert comes amid heightened concern about hacking ahead of the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3.

 

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