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UK denounces Russia's cyber espionage against prominent politicians, government officials, journalists
FirstpostUK Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said: As I warned earlier this year, state actors, and the Wagner-style’ sub-state hackers they use to do their dirty work, will continue to target our public institutions and our democratic processes As it attempted to use hacking to meddle in the nation’s political processes, the UK government on Thursday denounced repeated attempts by Russia’s secret service to jeopardize the private conversations of prominent politicians, government employees, and journalists. The Foreign Office summoned the Russian Ambassador to express the UK’s deep concern about Russia’s sustained attempts to use cyber to interfere in political and democratic processes in the UK and beyond. In particular, FCDO said it has identified the FSB through activity conducted by Star Blizzard and involving: targeting, including spear-phishing, of parliamentarians from multiple political parties, from at least 2015 through to this year; the hack of UK-US trade documents that were leaked ahead of the 2019 general election; the 2018 hack of the Institute for Statecraft, a UK think tank whose work included initiatives to defend democracy against disinformation, and the more recent hack of its founder Christopher Donnelly, whose account was compromised from December 2021; and targeting of universities, journalists, public sector, NGOs and other civil society organisations, many of whom play a key role in UK democracy. UK Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said: As I warned earlier this year, state actors, and the Wagner-style’ sub-state hackers they use to do their dirty work, will continue to target our public institutions and our democratic processes.
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