(ANSA) – ROME, JUN 24 – Since the conflict began and a coalition of countries has gathered to defend Ukraine, Russian intelligence agencies have intensified spying activities against allied governments. Intrusion attempts were detected on 128 organizations in 42 countries outside Ukraine. The United States was the number one target but activities also targeted Poland and Baltic countries such as Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Turkey. The intelligence and data division of Microsoft, which has been conducting periodic analyzes since the conflict erupted, has found this.
According to the survey, there has been an increase in activity towards the foreign ministries of NATO countries, governments, think tanks, humanitarian organizations, technology companies and suppliers of energy and other critical infrastructures. These actions were “successful 29% of the time – explain the researchers – a quarter of these successful intrusions led to the confirmed exfiltration of an organization’s data”.
Microsodt’s security division explains that “as the war progresses, Russian agencies are focusing their ‘cyber-influence’ operations on four distinct recipients by targeting the Russian population with the aim of supporting the war effort, the population Ukraine with the aim of undermining confidence in the country’s will and ability to resist Russian attacks, American and European populations to undermine Western unity and sidetrack criticism of Russian military war crimes, and are starting to target the populations of non-aligned countries to have their support for the United Nations “.
Microsoft points out that Russian cyber attacks can only be thwarted through public-private collaboration. Governments, companies, non-governmental organizations and universities must work together to protect critical infrastructure and citizens. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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