Google is giving free physical USB security keys to 10,000 users at high risk of being hacked – such as politicians and human rights activists. The warning, sent by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), alerted more than 14,000 Gmail users that they had been targeted in a state-sponsored phishing campaign from APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, said to be made up of operatives of Russia’s GRU intelligence agency. Fancy Bear has been active for more than a decade but it’s widely known for hacking into the Democratic National Committee and its disinformation and election influencing…
Google to give security keys to ‘high risk’ users targeted by government hackers
