Microsoft Says Russia-Linked Hackers Target Sports Organizations (reuters.com) 7
Microsoft said in a blog post today that it has tracked "significant" cyberattacks coming from a group it calls "Strontium" or "Fancy Bear," targeting anti-doping authorities and global sporting organizations. Reuters reports: The group, also called APT28, has been linked to the Russian government, Microsoft said in a blog post. At least 16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations across three continents were targeted in the attacks which began on Sept. 16, according to the company. The company said some of these attacks had been successful, but the majority had not. Microsoft has notified all customers targeted in these attacks.
Strontium, one of the world's oldest cyber espionage groups, has also been called Sofancy and Pawn Storm by a range of security firms and government officials. Security firm CrowdStrike has said the group may be associated with the Russian military intelligence agency GRU. Microsoft said Strontium reportedly released medical records and emails taken from sporting organizations and anti-doping officials in 2016 and 2018, resulting in an indictment in a federal court in the United States in 2018. Strontium's methods include spear-phishing, password spray, exploiting internet-connected devices and the use of both open-source and custom malware, it added.
Strontium, one of the world's oldest cyber espionage groups, has also been called Sofancy and Pawn Storm by a range of security firms and government officials. Security firm CrowdStrike has said the group may be associated with the Russian military intelligence agency GRU. Microsoft said Strontium reportedly released medical records and emails taken from sporting organizations and anti-doping officials in 2016 and 2018, resulting in an indictment in a federal court in the United States in 2018. Strontium's methods include spear-phishing, password spray, exploiting internet-connected devices and the use of both open-source and custom malware, it added.
Makes sense (Score:2)
"At least 16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations across three continents were targeted in the attacks"
That makes sense. They can't win shit without doping. And it's embarrassing AF when someone to whom you think you're superior blows you the fuck away in competition.
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Damn Russians. They are everywhere. God knows non-Russian athletes never dope.
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The Russians got banned from an entire Olympics because it was difficult to find one that wasn't doping. Don't pretend that they're not more corrupt than other nations. They provably are.
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The Russians got banned from an entire Olympics because it was difficult to find one that wasn't doping. Don't pretend that they're not more corrupt than other nations. They provably are.
The report which you are quoting and laid the ground for this is full of utter shit. Example - the claim about male DNA in female samples: https://www.fagain.co.uk/node/... [fagain.co.uk]
That is a natural consequence of using intelligence agency level resources in compiling it. The "whistle-blowers" which supplied the information were offered facilities which are usually offered only to DEFECTORS from army or intelligence services and some of his sources in the report have absolutely no corroborating evidence and means
The current United States of Surveillance (Score:1)
Joe Rogan Experience #1368 - Edward Snowden [youtube.com]
I would take it with a pinch of salt (Score:2)
We have stopped looking for PROOF and we are now looking for attribution with extra bonus points for the attribution being correctly aligned to national goals in the forever war.
This report attributed the attack to Russians solely based on what was observed and captured. This is l