The Moscow-based group known as Cozy Bear is widely suspected of a successful cyber penetration of the Democratic Party and is believed to be linked to the Russian government.
The Dutch intelligence agency AIVD spied on the Russian group believed to have hacked the Democratic Party ahead of U.S. presidential elections, local media reported on Thursday.
Current affairs program Nieuwsuur and newspaper de Volkskrant based the story on several anonymous intelligence sources in the Netherlands and the United States, Reuters reports.
The Moscow-based group known as Cozy Bear is widely suspected of hacking the Democratic Party and is believed to be linked to the Russian government.
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The Dutch intelligence may have contributed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election race, the report said.
The FBI and the AIVD were not immediately available for comment.