After reading special counsel Robert Mueller's report, experts noted how Russian internet trolls and hackers appeared to use limited resources in carrying out cyberattacks and online campaigns during the 2016 U.S. elections.
Techniques used by state-backed Russian hackers to interfere in the 2016 U.S. elections were apparently inexpensive, experts told CNBC, highlighting the ease at which a foreign government was able to meddle in a Western democracy.
The Russian group also hacked the computer networks of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic National Committee . Much of the information was previously disclosed in the 2018 indictment of Viktor Netyksho, the officer in charge of one of the GRU's units. But experts noted the ease with which the hackers were able to get into the networks initially.
It wasn't just Clinton's campaign the GRU attempted to hack, it was also the computer systems containing voter information. In one instance, the Russian hacking group used a technique known as"SQL injection" to compromise the computer network of the Illinois State Board of Elections. An SQL injection involves a piece of malicious code that is able to extract information from a database. In this way, the GRU got data related to"thousands of U.S.
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