Czech government officials said Friday that Prague had been repeatedly targeted by cyberattacks orchestrated by a group with links to Russia\u2019s military intelligence service, the GRU.
\nCiting \u201cthe mode of operation and the focus of these attacks,\u201d the foreign ministry blamed the Russian group APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, for the attacks.
\n\u201cSome Czech institutions have… been the target of cyberattacks exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook from 2023,\u201d said a ministry statement.
\nIn Berlin, German officials said on Friday that the same group of hackers had also carried out a cyberattack on members of the Social Democratic Party in 2023.<\/p>\n
Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said his country\u2019s infrastructure had recently experienced \u201chigher dozens\u201d of such attacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe attacks were orchestrated by the Russian Federation and its military intelligence service GRU,\u201d Rakusan told reporters at a news conference with his German counterpart Nancy Faeser.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Czech Republic is a target. In the long term, it has been perceived by the Russian Federation as an enemy state,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky told AFP: \u201cPointing a finger publicly at a specific attacker is an important tool to protect national interests.\u201d
\nThe Czech Republic, an EU and NATO member of 10.9 million people, has provided Ukraine with substantial military and humanitarian aid since the Russian invasion started in February 2022.
\nEarlier this week, Czech police said they had shelved a case of two blasts at an eastern Czech ammunition depot from 2014, blaming the GRU for orchestrating them.
\nThey said the Russian side had refused to cooperate on the investigation into the explosions that had killed two local workers.
\nA Czech intelligence report on the blast led to a wave of diplomatic expulsions on both sides in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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