The Cozy Bear Hacker group, which is associated with Russian special services, has made another cyberattack aimed at diplomatic institutions in Europe. According to Politico , hackers were masked by one of the largest foreign ministries of the European Union countries and gave fake invitations that contained harmful software.
The target audience of attacks became diplomats not only from the EU Member States, but also from the embassies of non-union states but have diplomatic missions on the European continent. In this way, the attackers tried to spread the virus that would allow them to access confidential information and diplomatic correspondence.
Experts say that this incident is another evidence of increased cybergression from Russia. Cozy Bear is one of the most famous Russian hacker groups whose activities have been repeatedly recorded in the US and Europe. It is accused of the large -scale breaking of the US National Democratic Party Committee before the 2016 Presidential Election, as well as in the Cyber Pump on Solarwinds in 2020, which caused a wave of attacks around the world.
European governments do not currently disclose how large this attempt has been attacked, but taking cybersecurity measures and informing diplomatic institutions about possible threats. At the same time, there is an alarm about the Cyber Operations, which can affect not only individual institutions but also political stability in Europe as a whole.
According to analysts, such attacks may be part of a wider campaign aimed at weakening European unity and undermining trust in international diplomacy in the conditions of prolonged geopolitical tension.
