{"id":875296,"date":"2024-02-17T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=875296"},"modified":"2024-02-16T14:15:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T12:15:05","slug":"fbi-us-and-allies-disrupt-russian-cyber-espionage-operation-against-the-united-states-and-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/fbi-us-and-allies-disrupt-russian-cyber-espionage-operation-against-the-united-states-and-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI: US and Allies disrupt Russian cyber espionage operation against the United States and Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the United States and its allies have disrupted a Russian cyber-espionage operation against the United States and Europe and shut down a network of more than 1,000 hacked Internet routers that Russian military intelligence used to exert influence,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/15\/politics\/us-allies-disrupt-russian-hacking\/index.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN reports.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation used a court order to cut off access to home and small business routers hacked by Russia&#8217;s GRU military intelligence service, kicking them out and &#8220;locking the door behind them,&#8221; Rey told a Munich security conference. Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-conducts-court-authorized-disruption-botnet-controlled-russian\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Department of Justice<\/a>&nbsp;announced that Russian hackers had used a network of hacked routers, known as a botnet, to attack US and other governments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian spies also targeted &#8220;military, security and corporate organisations&#8221; to gather intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christopher Wray also reiterated US warnings that Russian- and Chinese-backed hacker groups have long sought a foothold in US energy and telecommunications networks. U.S. officials are concerned that Beijing could use this access to shut down networks in the event of a crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago, &#8220;we&#8217;ve seen Russia conducting reconnaissance in the U.S. energy sector,&#8221; said Christopher Ray. &#8220;And this is a particularly worrying trend because we know that once access is established, a hacker can quickly and without warning switch from gathering information to attacking.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Russia has made murder, rape, and mayhem its stock and trade, so no one should doubt its continued willingness to launch devastating cyberattacks before and during military conflict,&#8221; the FBI chief added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US intelligence agencies are also using hacking operations to try to thwart Russia, China and other rival governments. But unlike the FBI&#8217;s court-authorised work, details of these US cyber operations are rarely made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/we-must-strengthen-our-alliances-and-partnerships-to-ensure-they-are-capable-of-protecting-life-address-by-the-president-at-the-opening-of-the-international-exhibition-crossroads-sweden-ukraine-throug\/\">We must strengthen our alliances and partnerships to ensure they are capable of protecting life \u2013 address by the President at the opening of the international exhibition \u201cCrossroads: Sweden \u2013 Ukraine through a 1000 years\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the United States and its allies &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":875298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-875296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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