Russian hackers posed a threat to EU elections, US tech giant Microsoft has warned, amid fresh revelations of cyber-attacks against European targets.

CNET senior producer Dan Patterson and CBS News Investigative reporter Graham Kates asked a professional team to hack them. The two join CBSN to discuss broader implications of the experiment, including for the 2020 election.

Microsoft said Wednesday they identified an online campaign by a group affiliated with the Russian military to interfere with European think tanks that have been critical of the Kremlin.

A group linked to Russian government agencies targeted more than 100 people researching electoral integrity and public policy.

A leading cyber security firm has proven the Russians are the most sophisticated nation regularly hacking government and private computers in the United States, NBC News reported. In its latest threat report, CrowdStrike – the company that discovered the Russians had hacked the Democratic National Committee – finds Russian intelligence hackers are quicker and more nimble than North Koreans, Chinese, Iranians and sophisticated criminals, the report said. As part of its research, the network reported, CrowdStrike measured what it calls “breakout time” – the speed at which a hacking group can break into a network and start stealing data. This information is important, NBC News reported, because...

A new report from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says hackers tied to Russian intelligence are quicker than North Koreans, Chinese, Iranians and criminals.

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