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Germany says Russians behind ‘intolerable’ cyber-attack last year
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Germany has said it has evidence that Russian state-sponsored hackers were behind an “intolerable” cyber-attack last year in which several websites were knocked offline in apparent response to Berlin’s decision to send tanks to Ukraine.
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has described the unit as “a highly skilled threat actor” that has “used tools including X-Tunnel, X-Agent and CompuTrace to penetrate target networks”.
The EU’s computer security response unit CERT-EU last year noted a German media report that an SPD executive had been targeted in a cyber-attack in January 2023 “resulting in possible data exposure”.
At the same time, Berlin said Russian activist hackers had knocked several German websites offline in response to its decision to send tanks to Ukraine, although with little tangible effect.
Baerbock’s comments come two months after Russian media published an audio recording of a meeting of senior German military officials, after one participant had dialled in through an “unauthorised connection” leading to the leak.
The EU’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, said earlier this year that the Russians were using disinformation to undermine the credibility of mainstream parties, sow seeds of distrust in democracy and create hate against minorities.
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