Germany blames Russian GRU unit for EU, NATO cyberattacks – DW – 09/09/2024
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German intelligence accused Moscow of widespread sabotage operations against German politicians and companies. The same unit also hit Ukrainian targets in the run-up to Russia's invasion.

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the BfV, issued a warning on Monday that a cybercrime group belonging to Russian military intelligence (GRU) had been behind a number of online attacks against NATO and EU countries.

Together with US intelligence and other international partners, the BfV found that groups belonging to GRU Unit 29155 were “responsible for computer network operations against global targets for the purposes of espionage, sabotage, and reputational harm since at least 2020.”

It cautioned that the unit, also known as Cadet Blizzard or Ember Bear, was behind the WhisperGate malware attacks against Ukrainian targets in January 2022, a month before Russia invaded the country.

Unit 29155 also “attacked networks in NATO member states in Europe and North America as well as countries in Latin America and Central Asia,” the BfV said.

  • bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I know you are excited. I mean, I don’t know why, I am pretty sure this wouldn’t further any of your material interests, but at least the ones who might profit from such a step just issued these recommendations:

    To mitigate this malicious cyber activity, organizations should take the following actions today:  Prioritize routine system updates and remediate known exploited vulnerabilities.  Segment networks to prevent the spread of malicious activity.  Enable phishing-resistant multifactor authentication (MFA) for all externally facing account services, especially for webmail, virtual private networks (VPNs), and accounts that access critical systems.

    Don’t get excited for Article 5 if you don’t know what it means. Thank you.