Russian hacker group Evil Corp targets US workers at home

The US presidential election is also just months away, and federal and local officials have been working to put measures in place to protect voter records as well as manage safe voting practices amid the pandemic.

What do we know about the attack?

Symantec Corporation, a firm that monitors corporate and government networks released a notice warning of the threat it identified on Thursday night.

The attacks used what Symantec described as a relatively new type of ransomware called WastedLocker, which has been attributed to Evil Corp. Ransomware are computer viruses that threaten to delete files unless the ransom is paid. The WastedLocker ransomware virus…