The latest reminder of the group’s proficiency comes from security firm Mandiant, which on Monday published research detailing Nobelium’s numerous feats-and a few mistakes-as it continued to breach the networks of some of its highest-value targets.
The UK government has previously exposed details of other parts of the Russia intelligence service conducting cyber operations.Further Reading Russian hackers hit US government using widespread supply chain attackNobelium-the name Microsoft gave to the intruders-was eventually expelled, but the group never gave up and arguably has only become more brazen and adept at hacking large numbers of targets in a single stroke. The SVR targeted research institutes and think tanks for intelligence collection.ġ8,000 organisations across the world including US Government departments’ were affected by the SVR compromising Solar Winds Orion software. Targeting research institutes and think tanks. The SVR uses their access to governmental networks across Europe and NATO member countries to collect intelligence information, including that of ongoing geopolitical issues. MFAs and MoD establishments in Europe and NATO member countries This incident is part of a pattern of behaviour by the SVR, which includes: Date SVR cyber actors are known and tracked in open source as: Further details on the framework used by the UK Government for all source intelligence assessments, including the probability yardstick, are available from here The NCSC has assessed that it is highly likely Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Services are responsible for the compromise of SolarWinds software, Orion, and subsequent targeting. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) advice on how to protect against this threat is available The overall impact on the UK of the SVR’s exploitation of this software is low. SolarWinds confirmed 18,000 organisations across the world including US Government departments were affected. It is technologically advanced, developing capabilities to try to operate undetected against countries in Europe, NATO members and its near neighbours.Ī compromise of SolarWinds IT services firm was discovered in December 2020. It predominantly targets overseas governmental, diplomatic, think-tank, healthcare and energy targets for intelligence purposes. The SVR is Russia’s civilian foreign intelligence service and is the successor organization to the KGB’s First Chief Directorate.
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