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'NATO and the European Union, with international partners, formally condemned
a long-term cyber espionage campaign against European countries conducted by
the Russian threat group APT28.
Germany said on Friday that the Russian threat group was behind an attack
against the Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party, compromising
many email accounts.
The threat actors used the CVE-2023-23397 Microsoft Outlook vulnerability in
zero-day attacks that started in April 2022 to target European government,
military, energy, and transportation organizations in countries that are NATO
members, Ukrainian government agencies, as well as NATO fast reaction corps.
"What is more, this actor's campaign also targeted various government
authorities and companies in the spheres of logistics, armaments, the air and
space industry, and IT services, as well as foundations and associations. It
was directed at entities in Germany, other European countries and targets in
Ukraine," the German Federal Government said today.
"Russian state hackers attacked Germany in cyberspace. This is absolutely
intolerable and unacceptable and will have consequences," German Foreign
Minister Annalena Baerbock warned at a news conference in Adelaide, Australia.
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs also revealed today that, based on
information from intelligence services, some Czech institutions were targeted
in the Outlook campaign in 2023.
"Czechia is deeply concerned by these repeated cyber attacks by state actors.
We are determined to respond strongly to this unacceptable behaviour together
with our European and international partners," the Czech MFA said.
The Council of the European Union and NATO, joined by the United States and the
United Kingdom, also formally condemned APT28's attacks on Germany and Czechia,
adding that the Russian threat group has also attacked critical infrastructure
and government agencies in other EU member states, including Lithuania, Poland,
Slovakia, and Sweden.
"We call on Russia to stop this malicious activity and abide by its
international commitments and obligations," reads a statement issued by the
U.S. State Department on Friday.
"With the EU and our NATO Allies, we will continue to take action to disrupt
Russia’s cyber activities, protect our citizens and foreign partners, and hold
malicious actors accountable."'
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
