DOJ Seizes Russian Internet Domains Used in Spear Phishing Operations

‘The Russian government ran this scheme to steal Americans’ sensitive information,’ Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said.

A man types on a computer keyboard. Kacper Pempel/Reuters

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has seized 41 internet domains allegedly used by Russian agents to steal sensitive information from U.S. and international targets.

The DOJ alleged that the Russian hackers belonging to the “Callisto Group,” an organization within the Russian Federal Security Service, sought access to Americans’ data through spear phishing operations intended to gain “unauthorized access to, and steal valuable information from, the computers and email accounts of U.S. government and other victims.”