Russia was concerned in a months-long cyber espionage marketing campaign in opposition to Germany final 12 months, which concerned concentrating on politicians and the protection sector, German officers mentioned, including they’ve proof the assaults have been performed by Russia-backed risk actor, Fancy Bear.
Additionally tracked as APT28, Fancy Bear is a state-sponsored hacker group linked to the Russian GRU intelligence service that, in line with German officers, focused German infrastructure in response to German army help to Ukraine within the nation’s ongoing warfare with Russia.
“At present we will say unambiguously [that] we will attribute this cyber-attack to a gaggle known as APT28, which is steered by the army intelligence service of Russia,” Annalena Baerbock, German overseas minister mentioned 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 can have penalties.”
