Russian Hackers Are Abusing VPNs To Hijack Accounts, US and UK Officials Say

According to Reuters, Russian spies are accused of trying to interfere in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. They have used virtual private networks (VPNs), for hundreds of targets worldwide over the past two-years. Reuters reports: The National Security Agency (NSA), today revealed details of "brute force” methods used by Russian intelligence to attempt to penetrate the cloud services of hundreds o government agencies, energy companies, and other organizations.