Security News > 2023 > December > UK and allies expose Russian FSB hacking group, sanction members

The UK National Cyber Security Centre and Microsoft warn that the Russian state-backed actor "Callisto Group" is targeting organizations worldwide with spear-phishing campaigns used to steal account credentials and data.

Today, the United Kingdom officially attributed attacks to Callisto that led to the leaking of UK-US trade documents, the 2018 hack of the UK think tank Institute for Statecraft, and more recently, the hack on StateCraft's founder Christopher Donnelly.

"The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has also summoned the Russian Ambassador to express the UK's deep concern about Russia's sustained attempts to use cyber to interfere in political and democratic processes in the UK and beyond," reads a press statement from UK. Callisto's latest tactics.

Sanctioned by the US and UK. An international law enforcement consisting of agencies from the UK, US, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand has identified two members of the Callisto hacking group.

The two are considered directly responsible for Callisto operations targeting multiple UK organizations, some resulting in unauthorized access and exfiltration of sensitive data.

The US government's Rewards for Justice program also offers a $10 million reward for information on Callisto's group members and their activities.

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