“I also hope that responsible members of the international news media will cast a suspecting eye on future “hack and leak” operations which seek in part to manipulate stories in furtherance of Russian state interests.”
‘APT28’ malware; this was probably deployed by an actor connected to the same hotel WIFI network. Immediately after this laptop was compromised, the Center’s computer systems were infected more broadly by APT28 malware. Subsequently, APT28 actors also compromised the IP addresses of the IOC.
One of the GRU officers who was escorted out of the country by our Dutch colleagues, Yevgeniy Serebriakov, also conducted malign activity in Malaysia. This GRU operation there was trying to collect information about the MH17 investigation, and it targeted Malaysian government institutions including(
““In 2016, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport was compromised by malware enabling unauthorized access to the Centre’s network. The Government of Canada assesses with high confidence that the GRU was responsible for this compromise.”
by malware enabling unauthorized access to the Centre’s network. The Government of Canada assesses with high confidence that the GRU was responsible for this compromise.” Canada also sits on the executive council of the chemical weapons watchdog targeted by Russia.
10/4 The RCMP’s cybercrime director, Mark Flynn, stood alongside the Americans at that announcement and said a parallel investigation was ongoing in Canada as well, but declined to provide details on that investigation./ “In 2016, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport was compromised by(