Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- Hackers allegedly sponsored by Russia have been trying to break into US state and local government computer networks and in two instances were successful, US government agencies said on Thursday in the second major warning over foreign hacking in as many days.

In an alert less than two weeks before the US election, the agencies said that a Russian group, sometimes called Berserk Bear or Dragonfly by researchers, had targeted dozens of state, local, tribal and territorial US governments as well as aviation networks, reports Reuters.

"Since at least September 2020, a Russian state-sponsored ... actor ... has conducted a campaign against a wide variety of US targets," the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department...