Germany’s home intelligence company has warned that Russian army intelligence has been behind a sequence of cyber-attacks on Nato and EU international locations.
The Bundesverfassungsschutz (BfV) mentioned the assaults had been carried out by Russian army intelligence’s (GRU) Unit 29155, which has been linked to the poisonings of a former Russian double agent and his daughter in Salisbury in 2018.
The warning comes amid elevated fears in Europe of suspected Russian hackers and spies since Russia’s battle on Ukraine started two years in the past.
The BfV mentioned in a social media put up on Monday that the assaults concerned espionage, sabotage, defacing web sites and publishing stolen knowledge.
In its advisory, the company mentioned targets included important infrastructure in addition to authorities companies and corporations within the monetary, transport, power and well being sectors.
BfV mentioned the first intention of this group gave the impression to be to search for and disrupt support deliveries to Ukraine.
It additionally warned that unit – also called Cadet Blizzard or Ember Bear – was behind a series of cyber-attacks on Ukraine in 2022.
It added it was issuing the warning alongside the FBI, the US cybersecurity company (CISA) and different worldwide companions.
In Could, Berlin accused Russia of launching a sequence of cyber-attacks on its defence and aerospace companies, in addition to on the governing Social Democrats.
