Russian intelligence agents hacked a U.S. voting systems manufacturer in the weeks leading up to the 2016 election, according to a National Security Agency investigation report leaked to The Intercept.
The Intercept reported Monday that the NSA believes hackers used that breach to obtain information used to spearphish its customers.
The report, marked top secret and only to be shared with the “Five Eyes” nations (Canada, Britain, New Zealand and Australia), claims the Russian intelligence agency GRU targeted more than 120 email addresses associated with local government organizations, which it speculates were taken from the earlier hack.
The news comes as former FBI Director James Comey is set to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee this week amid multiple ongoing probes into the Kremlin’s interference in last year’s vote. The U.S. intelligence committee believes Moscow hacked multiple groups with the intention of helping to elect President Trump.
Though the manufacturer victimized by the attack has its name masked throughout the report, contextual clues imply that it might be VR Systems.
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Russian intelligence attempted to hack US voting machine maker in days before election: report https://t.co/BSFDcF2ufu pic.twitter.com/q4EzojcdM2
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