Russian intelligence service behind ‘calculated and dangerous’ hacking

The UK and western allies have linked Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor agency to the KGB, to “a historic global campaign targeting critical national infrastructure”

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Fri, 25 Mar, 2022 - 06:58

Geraldine Scott, PA Political Correspondent

Russian intelligence services have targeted infrastructure including UK energy companies and the engineering and industrial sectors in a “calculated and dangerous” hacking campaign spanning nearly a decade.

The UK and western allies have linked Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor agency to the KGB, to “a historic global campaign targeting critical national infrastructure”, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said on Thursday.