Moscow launched cyberattacks against 42 countries that support the Ukrainians, including the US.Poland and the Baltic nations, since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began last February, according to research results released Wednesday by the US software giant. Microsoft.
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In a post on the company’s official blog, Microsoft president Brad Smith explained that Russian intelligence agencies have increased network penetration and the espionage activities against countries allied with Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion, on February 24.
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The firm based in Redmond (Washington state, USA) did not publish the complete list of the 42 affected countries, but it did cite some, such as USA, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Turkeyin addition to the Foreign Ministries of other NATO member nations
At Microsoft we have detected network intrusion attempts by Russia to 128 organizations in 42 countries outside of Ukraine.
The United States is the country most affected by cyberattack attempts, and 63% of the total were directed against members of the Atlantic Alliance.
Most of the organizations targeted by Russian cybercriminals are government-owned, but they also include think tanks, aid agencies, IT service companies, energy companies, and other key infrastructure providers.
Of all Russian cyberattack attempts identified by Microsoft since the beginning of the war, 29% were successful, in some cases resulting in hackers taking private information from the targeted organization.
According to the creator of the popular Windows operating system, the Russian strategy in the cyber field for the invasion of Ukraine is based on three pillars: destructive cyber attacks against the neighboring country, network penetration and espionage outside Ukrainian territory, and digital operations to gain influence. all over the world.
EFE
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