Russian hackers are emailing Ukraine’s election workers virus-infected greeting cards, shopping invitations, offers for software updates and other “phishing” materials intended to steal passwords and personal information,

Russian hackers are emailing Ukraine’s election workers virus-infected greeting cards, shopping invitations, offers for software updates and other “phishing” materials intended to steal passwords and personal information, Reuters reports, citing Seryhiy Demedyuk, head Ukraine’s cyber police. Hackers also are buying personal details of election officials, paying from cryptocurrency wallets used earlier by Russian agencies. Concentrating on civil servants who keep the election commission’s equipment running, “the virus-laden New Year’s greetings on behalf of government bodies or the governments have become so widespread that they are just overwhelming,” Demedyuk says. The spam contains malware to control the election officials’ computers.