The espionage campaign appears to be conducted by Moscow's foreign intelligence service, the same group responsible for the SolarWinds attack of 2020.
Unlike hacking groups associated with the GRU, Russia's military intelligence agency, the SVR is considered to conduct more covert operations.
The US Cybersecurity Infrastructure Agency said that the SVR hackers have"demonstrated patience, operational security, and complex tradecraft" in previous attacks. When GRU hackers were found to have breached the Democratic National Committee following the 2016 elections in the US, researchers discovered that the SVR had also been present on those networks - and had actually already been there for a year.Some of the phishing lure emails posed as being from the Portuguese Embassy. Pic: Palo Alto
The recent espionage efforts come as the NATO alliance prepares to welcome two new members in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.at the same time as it announced a"new strategic concept". Setting out a blueprint for threats and challenges, NATO promised to"defend every inch" of its territory as it outlined a"deterrence and defence posture" based on a mix of"nuclear, conventional and missile defence capabilities".
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