BREAK – UK & US issue unprecedented alert against Russia “malicious cyber activity”, accusing Kremlin of “coordinated campaign” to exploit Internet infrastructure – routers, switches, firewalls compromised, millions of machines globally affected
US and UK officials warn of risk of Russia using its position within networks and routers across the world to launch offensive cyber operations - "it is a tremendous weapon in the hands of an adversary"
They say Russia state penetration of Internet routers and networks can be used for espionage and to target high value individuals
Ciaran Martin, head of @NCSC , on conference calls with US colleagues, says: “This is a very significant moment as we hold Russia to account”. He calls the move part of a “transatlantic fight-back against Russia in cyber space”
"Grizzly Steppe" is the codename given by the US government to Russia's "Malicious Cyber Activity"
Here is the joint @NCSC, @FBI, @DHSgov Technical Alert on Russia-state cyber probing, hacking & attacking - definitely worth a read for anyone who is worried about the security of their laptops and other devices: bit.ly/2vmD4nr
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