(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, MAY 3 - Germany on Friday blamed Russian
state-sponsored hackers for an "intolerable" cyberattack on
members of the Social Democratic Party and warned there would be
consequences. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said a German
federal government investigation into who was behind the 2023
cyberattack on the SPD had just concluded. "Today we can say
unambiguously (that) we can attribute this cyberattack to a
group called APT28, which is steered by the military
intelligence service of Russia," she told a news conference
during a visit to Australia. "In other words, it was a
state-sponsored Russian cyberattack on Germany and this is
absolutely intolerable and unacceptable and will have
consequences." APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, has been accused
of dozens of cyberattacks in countries around the world.
Baerbock did not give further details of the cyberattack against
the SPD. (ANSA-AFP).
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