DOJ seizes two domain names used in Russian hacking campaign that targeted US and foreign agencies: report

The U.S. Justice Department announced this Tuesday that it has seized two domain names used in a hacking campaign that targeted U.S., foreign government agencies, and other groups, the Houston Chronicle reports.

Microsoft first disclosed the hacking campaign took place and traced it to a group of Russian intelligence operatives responsible for the massive SolarWinds hack.

"Last week's action is a continued demonstration of the department's commitment to proactively disrupt hacking activity prior to the conclusion of a criminal investigation," Assistant Attorney General John Demers, the Justice Department's top national security official, said in a statement.

Demers added that the department would "continue to evaluate all possible opportunities to use our unique authorities to act against such threats."

Read the full story over at The Houston Chronicle.