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New research published by Microsoft says that Russian intelligence agencies have increased the pace of cyberattacks against nations that have provided aid to Ukraine, with Moscow-backed hacking attacks observed on 128 targets in 42 countries.

Most of the attacks (63%) were aimed at governments that are part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for espionage. Targets also included nongovernmental organizations, think tanks, and humanitarian groups providing support to Ukrainian refugees, as well as information technology and energy firms. The U.S. has accounted for 12% of the total since the war started.

However, Microsoft said only under a third of the alleged cyber-espionage attacks successfully compromised the targets, and at least a quarter of those successes have led to confirmed data theft. (Dustin Volz / Wall…