Security News > 2022 > July > EU warns of Russian cyberattack spillover, escalation risks
The Council of the European Union said today that Russian hackers and hacker groups increasingly attacking "Essential" organizations worldwide could lead to spillover risks and potential escalation.
"This increase in malicious cyber activities, in the context of the war against Ukraine, creates unacceptable risks of spillover effects, misinterpretation and possible escalation," the High Representative on behalf of the EU said Tuesday.
"The latest distributed denial-of-service attacks against several EU Member States and partners claimed by pro-Russian hacker groups are yet another example of the heightened and tense cyber threat landscape that EU and its Member States have observed."
The EU urged all states to take any actions required to stop malicious cyber activities conducted from their territory.
Google's Threat Analysis Group said in late March that it observed phishing attacks orchestrated by the Russian COLDRIVER hacking group against NATO and European military entities.
In May, the US, UK, and EU accused Russia of coordinating a massive cyberattack that hit the KA-SAT consumer-oriented satellite broadband service in Ukraine on February 24 with AcidRain data destroying malware, approximately one hour before Russia invaded Ukraine.