The German Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that security forces carried out an operation against a Russian computer spy network, in an initiative led by the United States.
The APT28 hacker suite will be installed Malware (Programming destructive) at hundreds of Internet access points (Routers) in offices and private homes on behalf of the Main Directorate of the Supreme General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU), the Russian Military Intelligence Service.
The network will be used as a global platform for cyber espionage, according to a statement issued by the US security agency FBI.
German Interior Minister Nancy Weiser said: “We know the tools used by the Russian criminal regime.”
a group of Hackers APT28 has been active worldwide since at least 2004, and is considered by the German Interior Ministry to be one of the most active and dangerous cybercriminal groups in the world.
According to the FBI, hackers used Malware To attack Routers Which used default administrator passwords that were for public use.
The German Ministry added that the group Hackers It has also used international infrastructure to attack German targets over the past two years.
“The attacks focused on information about Germany’s strategic political orientation towards Russia and support for the delivery of military materials to Ukraine,” German authorities said, adding that other EU and NATO countries were also affected.
According to the FBI, the targets of the espionage activities were governments, military personnel, security agencies, and companies in the United States and other countries.
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