Security News > 2023 > September > Ukraine accuses Russian spies of hunting for war-crime info on its servers

"Their primary objectives were to identify which evidence of Russian war crimes and exercise control over potential ground-deployed spies have our law enforcement teams," states the report [PDF], which was released on Monday.

Intruders linked to Russia's Federal Security Service, Main Intelligence Directorate, and Foreign Intelligence Service also sought out material that could be used in criminal proceedings against Russian spies, other specific individuals, institutions, and organizations "Potentially leading to sanctions or other actions," the SSSCIP reports.

The research is based on data collected by the SSSCIP and was released days after the International Criminal Court confirmed an ongoing "Cybersecurity incident" as it investigates suspected war crimes committed by Russia during its illegal invasion of Ukraine.

In addition to attempted break-ins targeting law enforcement, Russian intelligence services were also behind a growing number of attacks against private-sector companies, it's claimed.

While Gamaredon has been the most prolific attacker detected this year, the majority of destructive attacks was carried out by the GRU's Sandworm.

"Russia will continue to be dangerous in cyberspace for quite a long period, at least until a complete change of the political system and change of power in Russia, converting them from an aggressor to a country that should pay back for all they've done in Ukraine and also in other countries," Zhora said.

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