Russian Military Intelligence Using 'Brute Force' for Hacking, NSA Says

The Russian military intelligence is continuing its worldwide hacking campaigns, the National Security Agency announced , including "brute force" campaigns — a classic hacking technique that automates possible username or password combinations until the hacker gets access to a computer network. In a joint advisory with several other federal agencies and the United Kingdom, the NSA declared that a unit within Russia's GRU agency, responsible for some of the most prolific and impactful hacking attacks in history, has been behind a campaign to access "hundreds of government and private sector targets worldwide" since 2019.