Hackers attack Merkel's CDU party, security research firm says

By Eric Auchard BERLIN (Reuters) - A group of hackers which cybersecurity experts say targets critics of the Russian government has laid siege to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party since April, a security research firm said on Wednesday. Researchers at Trend Micro said that the hacking group, dubbed Pawn Storm, appears to be behind attempts to steal personal and corporate data of the CDU and high-profile individuals at two popular free email services. A year ago,