Germany has summoned the Russian ambassador in response to a Russian cyber attack on the ruling Social Democratic Party, as well as against the German defense and technology sectors economy.
This information was reported by the Guardian, reports URA-Inform.
The 2023 attacks, which brought down several websites in response to Berlin's decision to send tanks to Ukraine, were blamed on a hacker group linked to Russian military intelligence (GRU).
«Today we can definitely say that we can attribute this cyber attack to a group called APT28, which is led by the Russian military intelligence service,” said German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock.
At the same time, the top diplomat explained that it was a state-sponsored Russian cyber attack to Germany. The head of the German Foreign Ministry called such a step by the Russian Federation “absolutely intolerable and unacceptable, as well as one that will have serious consequences.”
We recall that it was previously reported that the SBU addressed the Ukrainians with an important request: why called.