Russia Directs Hackers to Attack UK and West

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Russia is increasingly seeking to encourage and direct hackers to attack British and other western targets, the director of GCHQ has said in her first keynote speech as head of the British intelligence agency.

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... Anne Keast-Butler said her agency was "increasingly concerned about growing links" between the Russian intelligence services and proxy hacker groups who have long taken advantage of a permissive environment within the country.

"Before, Russia simply created the right environments for these groups to operate but now they're nurturing and inspiring these non state cyber actors," she said in a speech to the Cyber UK conference, in what she described as a "globally pervasive" threat. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-17 01:31 AM | Reply

Nuke the Kremlin!

#2 | Posted by a_monson at 2024-05-17 05:12 PM | Reply

"Nuke the Kremlin!"

I don't know what the point of comments like this is, other than to show off how stupid one is.

I do wonder why Russia is still in the WTO.

#3 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-05-18 06:56 PM | Reply

"I do wonder why Russia is still in the WTO."
in order to have a valid reason for its existence, why have a WTO at all if it continues to include renegade, lawless nations like Russia and China?
I also wonder why a nation that totally ignores treaties signed by their government is allowed to be a member of the WTO which is totally dependent upon respect for treaties and Internatioyjr Law to give it any real relevance to trade in the world. Today, the WTO is a meaningless joke and the U.S. should end our membership in it.

#4 | Posted by danni at 2024-05-19 12:09 PM | Reply

You finally noticed? About 8 years late.

#5 | Posted by morris at 2024-05-19 02:37 PM | Reply

Still with the Russiagate Hoax?
This is why trust in the media is at an all-time low.
--JeffJ

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-05-19 04:08 PM | Reply

OK, let's look at this...

Russia's 'brazen' and intensifying sabotage campaign across Europe (May 13, 2024)
www.nbcnews.com

and now, also there is this...

US and Allies Issue Cyber Alert on Threats to OT Systems (May 1, 2024)
www.bankinfosecurity.com

... Pro-Russian hacktivists are intensifying attacks on critical operational technology systems across North America and Europe, targeting sectors such as water, wastewater, dams, energy and agriculture, according to a new joint warning from U.S. and international cyber authorities. ...

One question I have. ...

The old definition (circa 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, etc.) no longer seems to apply.

What is the current definition of war?

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-19 08:23 PM | Reply