About 400 cameras in Poland were hacked by Russian military intelligence (GRU), to spy on and disrupt the transport of humanitarian aid from western countries to Ukraine - reported the British paper "The Guardian", citing British intelligence services. The attacks were to trust on access to single movie frames, not on continuous video recording.
Russia attempted to access the monitoring of bordering countries Ukraineto spy on and disrupt the flow of Western aid to this country - UK intelligence services and allies claim.
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Group within the framework Russian Military Intelligence She had by breaking into cameras au railway crossings and stations and close military infrastructure to track down organizations providing Ukraine with "foreign aid". They were most likely both private cameras and city monitoring.
Media: About 400 cameras in Poland hacked by Russian intelligence
Unit 26165 is besides accused of sending phishing messages containing, among others, pornography and false information to get accounts passwords and hack online systems. email messages were usually written in and addressed exclusively to the recipient's native language.
According to The Guardian, the unit - besides known as APT 28 and Fancy Bear - has been moving a malicious since 2022 cyber campaign against public and private organisations in NATO countries.
British National Cyber safety Centre (NCSC) called on private companies active in providing assistance to "take immediate action to defend themselves".
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"In addition to attacking logistics entities, members Units 26165 They most likely utilized access to private cameras in key locations specified as the surrounding area border crossing points, military installations and railway stations, to track material flow to Ukraine" - reads the release.
War in Ukraine. Russian hackers hit NATO countries
The British paper reported that close "military facilities and railway stations (Russians) gained access to ca. 10,000 cameras, to track the movement of aid to Ukraine", of which 80% were located in Ukraine, 10% in Romania, 4% in Poland2.8% in Hungary and 1.7% in Slovakia.
The location of the hacked cameras has not been revealed. The attacks were to trust on access to individual movie frames alternatively than continuous video recording. The NCSC message stated that the Russian attacks were besides meant to contact Defence sector, IT services, maritime transport, aerodromes, airports and air traffic management systems in many countries NATO.
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Warning was issued by United Kingdom with Poland, USA, Germany, Czech Republic, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France and the Netherlands. As the NCSC announced, the network monitoring and online safety updates will be increased soon.
The Russian unit mentioned was previously accused of leaking data World Anti-Doping Agency. She besides played a key function in Cyberattack for the 2016 U.S. National Democratic organization Committee.
Source: "The Guardian"
