{"id":6783,"date":"2024-05-03T15:05:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T15:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=6783"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T15:05:11","slug":"germany-warns-russia-about-cyberattacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=6783","title":{"rendered":"Germany warns Russia about cyberattacks"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Germany\u2019s Foreign Ministry says it has summoned the acting charge d\u2019affaires of the Russian embassy \u2014 Russia\u2019s top embassy official \u2014 accusing Moscow\u2019s military intelligence agency of launching cyberattacks against Germany\u2019s ruling coalition party dating back to last year.<\/p>\n

At a Berlin news briefing Friday, Deputy Federal Government Spokesman Wolfgang B\u00fcchner told reporters German intelligence agencies have determined Russia\u2019s GRU military intelligence was responsible for a 2023 cyberattack on Germany\u2019s Social Democratic Party or SPD. <\/p>\n

In June 2023, the SPD announced that cybercriminals had targeted email accounts belonging to its executives earlier that year.<\/p>\n

B\u00fcchner said German government \u2013 with the backing of the European Union, NATO and \u201cinternational partners\u201d — condemns \u201cin the strongest possible terms\u201d the campaign by the state-controlled Russian cyber espionage group APT 28, under direction of the GRU.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a visit to Australia Friday, German Foreign Minister German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock confirmed the 2023 attacks could be attributed to Russian intelligence, and warned Russia will face consequences.<\/p>\n

While Baerbock offered no specifics regarding the consequences, German Foreign Affairs spokesman Christian Wagner told reporters in Berlin Germany will \u201cuse the entire spectrum of measures\u201d to respond to Russia\u2019s attacks, including diplomatic actions and sanctions.<\/p>\n

Last month, Germany\u2019s cybersecurity agency, working with researchers from Google\u2019s parent company, Alphabet, determined a similar Russian-controlled group called APT29 had been caught targeting several German political parties, aiming to burrow into their networks and steal data.<\/p>\n

NATO and the EU issued separate statements Thursday and Friday expressing concern and condemning Russia\u2019s malicious cybercampaign not only against Germany, but Britain, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden. <\/p>\n

The NATO statement said the attacks included cyber and electronic interference, disinformation campaigns, and other hybrid operations. The EU statement said the cybercampaign targeted \u201cdemocratic institutions, government entities and critical infrastructure providers across the European Union and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some information for this report was provided by The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n