Arizona Company Sent American Info To The Russians

Though the Cold War has been officially dead since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Americans and Russians have never really stopped their mutual distrust and sabotage.

These days, the former USSR has stopped their threats of nuclear annihilation, and instead focused on intelligence, gaining as much knowledge on American life and propaganda as they can.

Arizona is now front and center in the latest Russian data hack.

Federal Russian Spies in Arizona

This week, the US government seized 41 web domains. The domains were owned by Phoenix-based "NameCheap", a domain registration company. The government alleges that the sites they seized were being used by Russian intelligence to trick American citizens into sending sensitive information back to the Kremlin.

Through the use of a warrant, we are able to know that the hackers were involved with the Callisto Group, a section of the Russian Federal Security Bureau.

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What Happens Now?

With the US government's intervening, it seems the scam has come to a close for now. The hackers targeted members of American companies, US Intelligence, and Department of Defense, so with this knowledge, we now know where to look for leaks and breaches.

NameCheap has declined to comment on the situation, which is troubling, as this isn't the first time they've been involved in a matter like this. They recently had domains seized in July, when they were found to be hosting a Russian Bot Farm that was spreading misinformation across America.

Hopefully this break gives us a better insight into Russian intelligence, allowing us to prevent these kinds of attacks going forward.

[AZ Family]