The group is thought to be operated directly by the Russian Federal Security Service
There is no indication that any other government departments were impacted by the incident
The US officials provided detailed information about the leader of the gang, they say
Ultimate aim may be to wipe out data at the time of the attacker's choosing, the company warns
Researchers at Analyst1have found a custom espionage malware that enables hackers to harvest keystrokes and confidential documents for espionage purposes
WellMess and WellMail malware strains have been used in espionage campaigns targeting Covid-19 research
Hackers don't want to annoy the local authorities
The hack occurred at around the same time as the ransomware attack on Kaseya
Joint UK/US report says GRU-linked attacks are mainly directed at organisations that use Microsoft 365
The hack was uncovered after the Dutch intelligence service noticed a police IP address communicating with malicious servers