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German govt accuses Russian hackers of compromising its servers to steal data

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German govt accuse Russian hackers of compromising its servers to steal data

The German Interior ministry has confirmed that it has identified a serious attack against its servers, amidst reports that the culprits were the Russian APT28 – aka Fancy Bear – hacking group.

On Wednesday local news site DPA International reported that the German government discovered a serious intrusion into its servers in December 2017.

The attack is thought to have seen data exfiltrated for up to a year before its discovery.

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Johannes Dimroth, a spokesman for the ministry, confirmed that “government information technology and networks,” had been affected by an intrusion. “The incident is being treated as a high priority and with substantial resources,” he said.

Fancy Bear has been active for at least a decade. Its activities have often non-Russian government targets.

The group was fingered for the Democratic National Committee hack ahead of the 2017 US Presidential election, attacks during the 2017 French election, brazen rummaging in Finnish security forces’ servers and even attacks on the sports doping authorities.

 

 

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