https://www.cnet.com/news/senator-claire-mccaskill-target-of-apparent-russian-hacking-attempt/

Hackers with suspected ties to a Russian intelligence group tried to access the email of a staff member of Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a trail of evidence first unearthed by the Daily Beast indicates.

The attempt follows the same playbook Russians followed in the alleged hacking operation in the 2016 election -- get the target to hand over his email password.