Russian Hallmarks Are All Over Cyberattacks on Ukraine
Hackers who recently unleashed a destructive cyberattack against Ukrainian government networks have been lying in wait for months, according to new findings shared with The Daily Beast—and, cybersecurity analysts said, the attacks seem to have links to the Russian military.
The hackers, who only recently attacked the Ukrainian government by releasing data-destroying wiper malware this month, actually originally broke in "as far back as late summer 2021” and have been waiting to pounce since, said Matt Olney, the director of threat intelligence and interdiction at Cisco Talos, a cybersecurity research outfit.
“We have a very sophisticated, very capable adversary,” Olney told The Daily Beast. The “adversary is very intent on trying to find a way to advance their political objectives.”