Russian hacker group APT28 (also known as Fancy Bear, Forest Blizzard, BlueDelta, and Swallowtail), linked to Russia’s GRU military intelligence, carried out a successful cyberattack against a naval shipbuilding enterprise in a NATO country. The attackers gained access to the internal network and maintained a presence for at least two...
FBI first acknowledges leak of agents’ personal data after cyberattack
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has notified agents and support staff that their personal data was stolen in a cyberattack on the FBIJobs.gov employment portal. In an internal message, the bureau described the event as a “cybersecurity incident.” Employees were told that their names, addresses, job titles, and Social Security...
Russia expands its cyber war against Europe
From 24 to 26 August, Norway’s government digitalisation agency Digdir fended off a cyberattack that Norwegian officials described as the largest in recent months. The attack disrupted logins through ID-porten to dozens of government services, including MinID, Altinn and E-innsyn. According to Norwegian media, Digdir documents were also among the...