DOJ, Microsoft Announce Joint Actions to Seize Internet Domains Linked to Russian Intelligence

What You Need to Know

• The DOJ announced that it had authorized the seizure of 41 internet domains associated with a cybercrime campaign by a Russian state-sponsored group to gain access to sensitive information about the U.S. government.
• The DOJ said it collaborated with Microsoft, which announced on the same day that it had filed a civil action ordering the seizure of 66 Callisto-linked internet domains.
• In Dec. 2023, the DOJ indicted two Callisto-affiliated Russian hackers for their role in an effort to manipulate the outcome of the U.K.'s 2019 elections.