Security News > 2024 > May > NATO and EU condemn Russia's cyberattacks against Germany, Czechia
NATO and the European Union, with international partners, formally condemned a long-term cyber espionage campaign against European countries conducted by the Russian threat group APT28.
Germany said on Friday that the Russian threat group was behind an attack against the Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party, compromising many email accounts using a Microsoft Outlook zero-day bug.
The Council of the European Union and NATO, joined by the United Kingdom, also formally condemned APT28's attacks on Germany and Czechia, adding that the Russian threat group has also attacked critical infrastructure and government agencies in other EU member states, including Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden.
APT28 hackers, part of Military Unit 26165 of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff, have been previously linked to many high-profile cyber attacks since the state-backed hacking group surfaced in the mid-2000s.
The United States charged multiple APT28 members for their involvement in the DNC and DCCC attacks in July 2018, while the Council of the European Union also sanctioned APT28 members in October 2020 for the Bundestag hack.
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