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EU sanctions Russian GRU hackers for cyberattacks against Estonia
The European Union sanctioned three hackers, part of Unit 29155 of Russia’s military intelligence service (GRU), for their involvement in cyberattacks targeting Estonia’s government agencies in 2020. Today, the Council of the EU says that GRU officers Nikolay Korchagin, Vitaly Shevchenko, and Yuriy Denisov stole thousands of sensitive documents containing classified information after breaching several Estonian ministries. […]
Russian military hackers linked to critical infrastructure attacks
The United States and its allies have linked a group of Russian hackers (tracked as Cadet Blizzard and Ember Bear) behind global critical infrastructure attacks to Unit 29155 of Russia’s Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (also known as GRU). In a joint advisory published today, the Russian GRU military intelligence hackers, known for deploying WhisperGate […]