Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), specifically 'Centre 18', also known as 'Star Blizzard' or 'Cold River', has been accused by the UK of a multi-year cyber-attack campaign dating back to 2015. These operations, involving sophisticated spear phishing tactics, targeted Western government officials and multiple U.S. government agencies, inducing chaos and interfering with the 2019 British election. In response, the US and UK have imposed sanctions and indicted two FSB-linked individuals, Ruslan Peretyatko and Andrey Korinets.
Two Russian intelligence officers have been indicted by the Justice Department as part of what prosecutors allege was a broad campaign to hack into U.S. and British government agencies in an effort to gather intelligence in the two countries. https://t.co/bqYsdAPMQM
Two Russian intelligence officers have been indicted by the Justice Department as part of what prosecutors allege was a broad campaign to hack into U.S. and British government agencies in an effort to gather intelligence in the two countries. https://t.co/TFoxYJw0cZ
DOJ says Russia targeted intelligence officers in "sophisticated spear phishing campaign" https://t.co/Q9FxTYH9U0
The Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged that hackers acting on behalf of the Russian government targeted U.S. intelligence officers in a “sophisticated spear phishing campaign” designed to influence elections in the United Kingdom https://t.co/saNy4WSHiS https://t.co/NXUznpUPbI
US authorities have indicted two hackers linked to Russia’s FSB intelligence service for allegedly carrying out a years-long cyber espionage campaign targeting Western government officials https://t.co/wWDbL6e1rE
Two Russian nationals have been charged with attempting to hack the computers of employees of multiple U.S. government agencies and allied countries around the world, in part to steal and release documents to interfere with elections in Britain in 2019. https://t.co/oMxFsnQB35
⚡️US, UK sanction Russian FSB agent, accomplice involved in multi-year cyber attacks. The two individuals named were Ruslan Peretyatko, an officer with Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), and Andrey Korinets, an IT worker. https://t.co/ovqvqARvYP
U.S. announces sanctions over Russian hacking campaign that targeted allies https://t.co/TdS1MVJ59h
The shadowy Russian cyber unit behind attacks on British MPs: FSB's 'Centre 18' is named by UK as source of the attacks using group dubbed 'Star Blizzard' or 'Cold River' - as two of it s members are hit with sanctions https://t.co/SKbyAe1Wcu https://t.co/QAFjuqLh22
The shadowy Russian cyber unit behind attacks on British MPs: FSB's 'Centre 18' is named by UK as source of the attacks using group dubbed 'Star Blizzard' or 'Cold River' - as two of it s members are hit with sanctions https://t.co/J0gYtWOYN2 https://t.co/x69pmpLdBu
The Five Eyes called out a unit of Russian hackers inside the FSB this morning for years of attempts to interfere in British politics, including through hack-and-leak operations like one in 2019 that roiled an election. https://t.co/efq61uOFKS https://t.co/7OF1KDw5q1 https://t.co/MUORsT9w0W
Kremlin hackers targeted politicians and journalists to induce chaos in UK https://t.co/5eLhGjhpTH
#Britain has summoned its #Russian ambassador after alleging that a Russian spy group has been involved in a years-long campaign to #hack the personal information of British officials who are against the war in Ukraine and interfere with British politics. https://t.co/Db4FimFDX5
⚡️ UK accuses Russian FSB of multi-year campaign of cyber-attacks. The British National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) accused on Dec. 7 Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) of a lengthy campaign of cyber attacks against the U.K. dating back at least to 2015 and involving…
Britain summons Russian ambassador over years-long FSB cyberespionage campaign https://t.co/MomIdRFcdw https://t.co/n5eBK5HIlg
UK accuses Russia’s FSB of meddling in democratic processes since 2015 https://t.co/1itkrBDBl6
UK sanctions Russia for long-standing hack & leak campaign. "The group — tracked by several companies as Calisto, COLDRIVER or Star Blizzard/SEABORGIUM — was formally attributed by the British government to officers working for Centre 18 of the FSB." https://t.co/57onzNnvpB
Russia, Iran sign agreement on countering unilateral sanctions https://t.co/pV6uoVJlvO