According to US authorities, Russian hackers are attacking American government targets on a large scale shortly before the presidential election. The US cybersecurity agency announced on Thursday that dozens of computer networks have been attacked by authorities and in the aviation industry since at least September. Until October 1st, data had been tapped from at least two servers.

So far, only data has been tapped The US authorities blame a hacker group for the attacks, which is known among other things by the names “Energetic Bear” and “Dragonfly”. IT security experts assume that she is acting on behalf of the Russian government. In at least one case, they would have downloaded documents on network configuration and passwords as well as on creating access cards, among other things.

The US Department of Justice and the Federal Police told the FBI that hackers from Russia and Iran had stolen “some” personal data from registered voters. While nothing d