A hacker gang with Russian ties attempted to enter a petroleum refining business in a NATO member state in late August, the latest report by Palo Alto’s Unit 42 revealed.
According to the report, the attempted intrusion, which appears to have been unsuccessful, took place on August 30 by a hacking group called “Trident Ursa” and was executed through spear phishing emails using English-named files with words like “military assistance.”
The news of Trident Ursa’s most recent moves came just after National Security Agency Cyber Director Rob Joyce issued a warning that Russian state-sponsored hackers may target NATO nations’ energy sectors in the upcoming months.
According to Joyce, these attacks could have “spillover” effects on Ukraine’s neighbors, such as Poland, where Microsoft recently issued a warning that Russian-backed hackers had intensified their operations on the nation’s logistics sector, a crucial supporter of the Ukrainian military effort.
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