{"id":37809,"date":"2020-10-23T13:08:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T13:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/31694\/Russian-Hackers-Infiltrated-Government-Networks.html"},"modified":"2020-10-23T13:08:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T13:08:21","slug":"russian-hackers-infiltrated-government-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/russian-hackers-infiltrated-government-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Hackers Infiltrated Government Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image image-large pull-none hasCaption shortcode\" section=\"shortcodeImage\"><span class=\"imageContainer\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnet2.cbsistatic.com\/img\/Z6srgz_rm46X-p5E8z1RG2aO_d4=\/1092x0\/2020\/02\/25\/8182d744-e26d-45dc-a3ef-c594acbed7c5\/laptop-eye.jpg\" class alt=\"laptop-eye\" height=\"0\" width=\"1092\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption readability=\"1.5\"><span class=\"caption\" readability=\"3\"><\/p>\n<p>Hackers targeted state and local government computer networks, the FBI and CISA said Thursday. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"credit\"> Angela Lang\/CNET <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> <a class=\"c-packageUnit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/elections-2020\/\" section=\"package-cta|elections\" data-ad-ready=\"null\">This story is part of <span class=\"c-packageUnit_link\">Elections 2020<\/span>, CNET&#8217;s coverage of the run-up to voting in November. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakableTextP1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us-cert.cisa.gov\/ncas\/alerts\/aa20-296a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"externalLink\">Russian state-sponsored hackers have targeted computer networks<\/a> at dozens of state and local governments, and successfully infiltrated some of them, intelligence experts at the FBI and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/about-cisa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"externalLink\">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency<\/a> said in a joint statement Thursday. The hackers also took data from at least two servers, the agencies said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakableTextP2\">According to the announcement, hackers with the group sometimes called Energetic Bear and associated with the Russian government have logged in to government administrator accounts and then moved around in sensitive systems. The stolen data included additional passwords and information about how each government uses security features like two-factor authentication and password reset requests. 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