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    Russian Cyber Espionage Declassified




    Russian Cyber Espionage Declassified




    Sri Lanka Guardian

    CIA,Diplomacy,Espionage,Feature,Russia | Dec 30, 2016

    ( December 30, 2016, Washington DC, Sri Lanka Guardian) “The United States intelligence services don’t often release the details of their analysis, but Thursday they did as part of an ongoing effort to pull back the curtain on what U.S. officials believe is malicious Russian cyber activity code-named Grizzly Steppe,” local media reports.

    Investigators believe the initial cyberattack of Democratic Party officials began in the summer of 2015.


    The first hacking unit, dubbed APT29, sent out a barrage of emails containing a “malicious link to over 1,000 recipients, including multiple U.S. government victims.” Once someone clicked on the link, the hackers were in the system.


    According to the document, the hackers “successfully compromised” the “U.S. political party” and stole “email from several accounts.”


    About a year later, in the spring of 2016, another hacking unit called APT28 also targeted Democratic Party officials, and once again deployed malicious emails that “tricked recipients into changing their passwords.” According to U.S. intelligence officials, that hack likely gave Russian operatives access to the information of senior Democratic Party officials, which was then “leaked to the press and publicly disclosed.”


    Russia has denied the allegations, but a U.S. official said, “I would never expect Russia to come out with their hands up and acknowledge what they did.”


    DNC official on alleged Russian hack: “This is unprecedented”.

    While the public largely became aware of the cyber attacks during the Democratic National Convention, U.S. officials believe that for about a decade Russian intelligence services have been conducting cyber espionage on a wide range of targets in the country.

    Investigators allege that Russian-backed cyberattacks have stolen information from and disrupted U.S. government organisations critical infrastructure, think tanks, universities, political organisations and corporations.


    U.S. investigators are going public with this analysis, in part because they suspect that Russian hacking units have likely hit targets they aren’t aware of. Officials say they have no reason to believe the cyberattacks will stop.


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    DEC 30 2016, 11:17 PM ET

    Vermont Electricity Department Finds Malware Linked to Russian Hackers

    by PHIL HELSEL


    A Vermont electricity provider said it found malware linked to an alleged Russian campaign to hack political entities in a laptop, after U.S. utilities were warned about the "Grizzly Steppe" affiliated code by the federal government.

    The laptop is not connected to the Burlington Electric Department's electricity grid systems, the municipal utility said in a statement. Grizzly Steppe is the name given to the Russian hacking campaign by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.


    "We took immediate action to isolate the laptop and alerted federal officials of this finding," the statement said. "Our team is working with federal officials to trace this malware and prevent any other attempts to infiltrate utility systems."

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    The Washington Post reported earlier Friday that the code associated with Grizzly Steppe had been detected in a Vermont utility. The newspaper cited a senior Obama administration official among its sources.

    The intent is not clear, but the discovery raised fears about the vulnerabilities of U.S. electric grid to cyber-attacks and whether the code is in other systems, a U.S. official told the newspaper.


    Related: Trump Says Putin 'Smart' for Not Retaliating Over U.S. Sanctions


    The Burlington Electric Department said it is working with federal officials to trace the malware and protect any other attempts to get into its systems. The department is owned by the city of the same name, and serves more than 19,600 customers.


    Cars pass by the headquarters of the Russian spy agency FSB, grey building at center, in downtown Moscow, Russia on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP

    It wasn't clear when the malware entered the laptop in Vermont, but the discovery comes amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Russia over cyber-attacks during the American presidential election.


    The Obama administration has accused the Russian government of being involved, and on Thursday issued sanctions and other retaliatory steps against Russia's intelligence services and three companies believed to have provided support to cyber operations.


    The Obama administration also accused Russia of harassing American diplomats overseas, and ordered that 35 Russian diplomats be expelled from the U.S.


    Related: U.S. Unveils Plan to Punish Russia for Election Hacks


    The Department of Homeland Security and FBI released details Friday on the alleged Russian hacking campaign and its methods, which include "spearphishing" that use emails to trick users into clicking on links.


    The agencies said the targets were not just related to the election, but also "a range of U.S. Government, political, and private sector entities."

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    Russia has denied being involved in the cyber-attacks. Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the retaliatory steps, but said he would not seek the expulsion of U.S. diplomats, a move his own foreign minister called for.

    President-elect Donald Trump in a statement about the sanctions Thursday said "It's time for our country to move on to bigger and better things."


    Trump added that he will meet with U.S. intelligence officials next week to be updated on the facts of the matter.

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