Russia was concerned in a months-long cyber espionage marketing campaign in opposition to Germany final 12 months, which concerned focusing on politicians and the protection sector, German officers stated, including they’ve proof the assaults had been performed by Russia-backed menace actor, Fancy Bear.
Additionally tracked as APT28, Fancy Bear is a state-sponsored hacker group linked to the Russian GRU intelligence service that, based on German officers, focused German infrastructure in response to German navy support to Ukraine within the nation’s ongoing conflict with Russia.
“As we speak we are able to say unambiguously [that] we are able to attribute this cyber-attack to a gaggle referred to as APT28, which is steered by the navy intelligence service of Russia,” Annalena Baerbock, German international minister stated in a information convention. “In different phrases, it was a state-sponsored Russian cyber-attack on Germany, and that is completely insupportable and unacceptable and could have penalties.”
