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The German Federal Government said APT28 abused avulnerabilityin Microsoft Outlook, tracked as CVE-2023-23397, to compromise the accounts.

“Russian state hackers attacked Germany in cyberspace.

Russia

Et bilde av et tastatur der Enter-knappen har påmalt et russisk flagg, med en liten gullbjørn stående på tasten.

This is absolutely intolerable and unacceptable and will have consequences,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock added.

The EU, NATO, the US, and the UK, all formally condemned APT28s attacks.

This was also the first war ever, in which cyber warfare coincided with military action.

In both episodes of the conflict, cyberwarfare played a pivotal role.

ViaBleepingComputer

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