Microsoft disrupts Russian ransomware network that could have interfered with 2020 election

Microsoft and US Cyber Command disrupted a Russian cybercrime TrickBot ransomware computer network weeks ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The company took down servers behind TrickBot and obtained a federal court order to disable the IP addresses linked with Trickbot’s servers.

https://nypost.com/2020/10/12/microsoft-reportedly-stops-hacking-operation-targeting-election/