Hackers shift tactics after 2016 US election: CrowdStrike

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It’s not just the Democratic Party learning lessons from cyber attacks linked to Russia during the 2016 US election: hackers, too, are shifting their tactics, according to the co-founder of computer security company CrowdStrike Inc.

Undeterred by tighter sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States in response to last year’s attacks, hackers are increasingly likely to leak altered information they steal from both individuals and companies, said Dmitri Alperovitch, who serves as CrowdStrike’s chief technology officer.