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US indicted 4 Russian government employees for attacks on critical infrastructure

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has indicted four Russian government employees for their role in cyberattacks targeting hundreds of companies and organizations in the energy sector worldwide between 2012 and 2018. According to the indictment, the campaigns against the energy sector campaign involved two phases. and international Energy Sector organizations. .

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Why Russian APT Fancy Bear hacked the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma?

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Russia-linked cyber-espionage group hacked the Ukrainian energy company Burisma at the center of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump. “Phishing for credentials allows cyber actors to gain control of an organization’s internal systems by utilizing trusted access methods (e.g.: Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs –.