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  • Russian hackers used Windows flaw to steal NATO data

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    Edgar Alvarez
    Edgar Alvarez
    10.14.2014

    According to security firm iSight Partners, hackers from Russia recently gained access to sensitive NATO documents using a major flaw in Windows. The attack, which targeted data from a NATO summit last month, was reportedly part of an espionage campaign against members of the organization (such as the US, UK, France and Germany) to learn more about how it planned to react to Russia's "military intervention" in Ukraine. Furthermore, the same zero-day flaw is believed to be affecting "tens of millions of computers" that are running Microsoft's operating system -- a definite cause for concern. The great news, however, is that the Redmond-based technology titan is now aware of this security flaw and will be patching it today, the company told Bloomberg in a statement.