http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/research-links-massive-cyber-spying-ring-to-russia/
By Robert Lemos
Ars Technica
Oct 28, 2014
A professional espionage group has targeted a variety of Eastern European
governments and security organizations with attacks aimed at stealing
political and state secrets, security firm FireEye stated in a report
released on Tuesday.
The group, dubbed APT28 by the company, has targeted high level officials
in Eastern European countries such as Georgia, and security organizations
such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). While Russian and
Ukrainian cybercriminal groups are known to conduct massive campaigns
aimed at stealing money and financial information, APT28 focuses solely on
political information and state secrets, according to FireEye.
The report argues that the group is closely tied to Russia and likely part
of Moscow’s intelligence apparatus.
“This group, unlike the China-based threat actors we track, does not
appear to conduct widespread intellectual property theft for economic
gain,” FireEye stated in the report. “Nor have we observed the group steal
and profit from financial account information.”
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