Google: Russian hackers attacked NATO and the armed forces of Eastern European countries

That a group known as Coldriver or Calisto may have been responsible for the attacks. In 2019, the Finnish company F-Secure Labs described them as an unidentified and advanced group that collects intelligence related to foreign policy and security in.

Earlier, the group attacked US NGOs, the armed forces of the Balkan countries and a Ukrainian defense service provider. However, this is the first time the team has recorded an attack against so many countries in Eastern Europe and in.

Russian hackers attacked NATO and the countries of Eastern Europe

In the case of the North Atlantic Alliance, the object of the attack was the NATO Center of Excellence, and in the countries of Eastern Europe, the systems of the armed forces were attacked. As reported by Google, these were activities focused on phishing credentials using the method.

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For this purpose, phishing messages were sent from newly created accounts on the Google domain to accounts in other domains. Consequently, Google was not able to assess the impact of these actions.

The war in Ukraine is also a hacker war

Attacks are a constant part of the war in Ukraine. Even civilians take part in it – a collective of hacktivists declared war on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.

However, the Russians had carried out espionage activities with the help of hackers before. A journalistic investigation in Hungary showed that the Ossians could intercept not only e-mails, but also confidential and secret documents.

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