DOJ, Microsoft Seize Websites Linked to Alleged Russian Espionage

One hundred web domains were allegedly used by hackers and criminal proxies working for a group under the Russian Federal Security Service.

A man types on a computer keyboard on Feb. 28, 2013. Kacper Pempel/Reuters

More than 100 web domains allegedly linked to a cyberespionage campaign run by the Russian government have been seized by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and tech giant Microsoft, according to court documents unsealed on Oct. 3.

The DOJ unsealed a warrant authorizing agents to seize 41 internet domains they said are being used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies to “commit computer fraud and abuse in the United States.”