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Moscow Military Hackers Used Microsoft Outlook Vulnerability

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APT28 Used Hacked Ubiquiti Routers for Hashed Password Relay Attacks A campaign by Russian military intelligence to convert Ubiquiti routers into a platform for a global cyberespionage operation began as early as 2022, U.S. disrupted a botnet built by a hacking unit of Russian military's Main Intelligence Directorate.

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Change Healthcare Outage Hits Military Pharmacies Worldwide

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military hospitals and clinics worldwide are among the entities affected by the cyberattack on Optum's Change Healthcare this week, which has forced the IT services company to take many of its applications offline. Experts Speculate About Whether the Hack Involved the ScreenConnect Flaw Exploit Pharmacies at U.S.

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Germany Rules Out Russian Hack in Military Data Leak

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Defense Minister Pistorius Says Leak Caused by Webex 'Application Error' German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius on Tuesday said the recent leak of intercepted military data was the result of an "application error" and not caused by a system compromise by Russian hackers.

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US Disrupts Russian Military Intelligence Botnet

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federal government says it disrupted a criminal botnet that Russian military intelligence had converted into a platform for global cyberespionage. GRU Hackers Commandeered 'Moobot' for Cyberespionage The U.S. The malware targets Linux-based IoT devices - in this case, routers made by New York manufacturer Ubiquiti.

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Russian Military Intelligence Blamed for Blitzkrieg Hacks

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Ukrainian Cyber Defenders Trace Government Agency Hits to Phishing Campaign Ukrainian cyber defenders report that fast-acting Russian military intelligence hackers have been targeting government agencies as well as organizations in Poland using backdoor malware tied to phishing lures based on a fake letter from the Ukrainian deputy prime minister.

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Ukraine Fingers Russian Military Hackers for Kyivstar Outage

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Telecom Operator Slowly Restores Voice Service Ukraine's domestic security agency on Wednesday fingered Russian military hackers as being responsible for hacking Kyivstar, in a statement acknowledging damage to the telecom operator's digital infrastructure. Ukraine's top telecom operator was the target of a Tuesday cyberattack.

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National Guardsman Arrested for Military, Intelligence Leaks

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Jack Teixeira, 21, Accused of Sharing Classified National Defense Info on Discord A member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard has been arrested for leaking highly classified military and intelligence documents.

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