It has been reported that The US Department of Justice has unsealed today charges against six GRU officers believed to be members of Sandworm, one of today’s most advanced state-sponsored hacking groups. Their attacks span the last decade and include some of the biggest cyber-attacks known to date, including trying to undermine UK efforts to hold Moscow accountable for the Salisbury spy poisoning. The charging announcement came as Britain accused Russian cyber spies of attacking the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics before they were postponed, and of posing as Chinese and North Korean hackers to target the 2018 games.
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Sovereign powers have used espionage to further their agendas since there have been sovereign powers.
Reports by the UK and US governments that Russia's GRU was conducting reconnaissance to enable cyberattacks against the 2020 Summer Olympics is, unfortunately, no surprise. Sovereign powers have used espionage to further their agendas since there have been sovereign powers.
Unfortunately, this means that civilian, commercial, academic, and even non-profit organizations may find themselves the target of malicious State or State Sponsored attackers. Against these highly resourced and well.....Read More
The importance of these events as elections loom can’t be understated.
Today’s indictments of GRU officers reads like a laundry list of many of the most important cyberattack incidents we have ever witnessed. Sandworm has been involved in many of the most aggressive cyberattacks and information operations ever seen, including repeated successful attacks on the Ukrainian grid, the economically devastating NotPetya fake ransomware attacks, the hack and leak operation targeting the 2017 French Elections, and the attack on the Pyeongchang Olympic Games......Read More
It's hard to believe that this behavior will lead to meaningful changes in Russian foreign policy.
The Sandworm hacking group has been laying a path of cyber destruction around the world for years, including the devastating NotPetya ransomware attack in 2017 and many attempts to hack various Olympic games. While today's DOJ indictments are a great first step, it is highly unlikely these alleged criminals will ever face justice in a U.S. courtroom. While no court can extradite or try the accused here, these charges will limit freedom of movement and travel in various parts of the world......Read More
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