I can confirm today that the Russian Federal Security Services, the FSB, is behind a sustained effort to interfere in our democratic processes.'

The Justice Department announced charges Thursday against two Russian intelligence officers for allegedly engaging in a global hacking campaign that targeted military and government officials in the U.

By James Pearson, Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The British and U.S. governments imposed sanctions on two Russian hackers on Thursday for what Britain's foreign office said was a sustained but failed attempt to interfere in politics by Russian cyber spies.

The Justice Department accused Russia-based hackers of targeting U.S. intelligence officials as part of an international spear phishing campaign.

U.K. government officials claim that Russia's intelligence services engaged in a cyberespionage campaign targeting prominent British politicians and civil servants.

FSB targeted British parliamentarians from at least 2015 to this year and selectively leaked and amplified sensitive information, the Foreign Office said.

Russia’s security services have obtained private conversations of politicians and civil servants as part of “sustained” attempts to interfere in British politics, a minister has revealed. Leo Docherty,