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by Technology Risk May 20, 2021, 12:15 pm 1.3k Views 126 Votes

#1 Microsoft Takes Down a Risk to the Election, and Finds the U.S.

Microsoft Takes Down a Risk to the Election, and Finds the U.S. Doing the Same
Fearing Russian ransomware attacks on the election, the company and U.S. Cyber Command mounted similar pre-emptive strikes. It is not clear how long they may work. Microsoft and a team of companies and law enforcement groups have disabled - at least temporarily - one of the world's largest hacking operations, an effort run by Russian-speaking cybercriminals that officials feared could disrupt the presidential election in three weeks.

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