Security News > 2023 > July > Russian state hackers lure Western diplomats with BMW car ads
The Russian state-sponsored hacking group 'APT29' has been using unconventional lures like car listings to entice diplomats in Ukraine to click on malicious links that deliver malware.
APT29 is linked to the Russian government's Foreign Intelligence Service and has been responsible for numerous cyberespionage campaigns targeting high-interest individuals across the globe.
In the past two years, Russian hackers focused on NATO, EU, and Ukrainian targets, using phishing emails and documents with foreign policy topics, along with phony websites to infect their targets with stealthy backdoors.
In one of the most recent APT29 operations spotted by Unit 42, which started in May 2023, the threat actors use a BMW car advertisement to target diplomats in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
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