Arizona lawmakers get hacked, see message in Russian

Some Arizona lawmakers saw this screen of Russian writing after they followed an emailed link to change their password. /Photo: Jeff Kros/Special to The Republic
Some Arizona lawmakers saw this screen of Russian writing after they followed an emailed link to change their password. /Photo: Jeff Kros/Special to The Republic

By Alia Beard Rau and Mary Jo Pitzl | The Republic

Arizona lawmakers got hacked this week. And when they clicked the link to change their password, a screen with Russian writing popped up.

Arizona Chief Information Security Officer Mike Lettman sent an email to legislative staff Friday night alerting them to the issue. According to the email, multiple senators or staff received an email that appeared to be from the state’s human resources and payroll system asking them to reset their password. When some clicked on the link, they received a screen in Russian.

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