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Russia Appears To Be Preparing For More Ransomware Attacks, Microsoft Warns

In a February report on the cyber threats in Ukraine, Alphabet Inc.’s Google said that cyber campaigns by Sandworm, which it calls FrozenBarents, “seem designed to advance Russian strategic objectives and respond to changes in Russian intelligence requirements throughout the conflict.”

The attack was “testing the international community’s ability to attribute espionage operations to Moscow” or the reaction of Ukraine’s allies to a targeted destructive attack outside Ukraine by deploying ransomware on Poland’s transport system, Microsoft said.

Read the full article at TGDaily, along with other articles on recent Russian cybersecurity attacks.