The Netherlands ‘ intelligence services reported on Tuesday that a previously unknown Russian hacking group known as” Laundry Bear” was responsible for attacks last year on Dutch police, with sensitive work-related data being stolen. According to French security and intelligence companies AIVD and MIVD, the September invasion was a part of a wider campaign by Russian hackers to target Western and Nato countries. ” We have seen that this hacker group successfully obtaining sensitive information from a large number of ( government ) organizations and businesses worldwide,” said MIVD director Peter Reesink. They “have a particular interest in nations of the European Union and NATO,” he continued. According to Dutch government, cleaning keep attackers have targeted armed causes, governments, defense contractors, as well as IT and service providers in a number of nations. Additionally, they have made an effort to prosecute French high-tech companies that are unable to export systems to Russia as a result of sanctions from the West. According to the companies ‘ speech, the investigation revealed that Laundry Bear was “highly likely a Russian state-supported risk actor.” In an effort to improve security, the French government made the decision to reveal the technological methods that hackers used to hack into systems. According to AIVD key Erik Akerboom,” This lowers Laundry Bear’s chances of success and better protects electronic sites.” He continued,” This strengthens our national resilience.”
