Russian Hackers Try To Break Through NATO And Military Networks Of Eastern European Countries

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JAKARTA - Russian hackers have recently attempted to penetrate the NATO and military networks of several eastern European countries, Google's Threat Analysis Group said in a report published on Wednesday.

The report did not say which military was targeted, in what Google called a "credential phishing campaign" launched by a Russia-based group called Coldriver, or Callisto.

"This campaign was sent using a newly created Gmail account to a non-Google account, so the success rate of this campaign is unknown," the report said.

NATO was not immediately available for comment on the report.

Russia, now under heavy Western economic sanctions following its decision to attack Ukraine on February 24, regularly denies accusations of carrying out cyberattacks against Western targets.

In 2019, Finnish cybersecurity firm F-Secure Labs described Callisto as an unknown threat actor, "interested in gathering intelligence related to foreign and security policy" in Europe.

The group also targeted the NATO Center of Excellence, Google's report said Wednesday, without elaborating.

Meanwhile, in a statement, the center did not directly address Google's report but said: "We see malicious cyber activity every day."