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Russia dismisses hacking reports as 'unsavoury'
Earlier report: Russian hackers cloak attacks using Iranian group (BBC)
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Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS OCTOBER 24, 2019 / 6:29 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Russia dismisses hacking reports as 'unsavoury'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow on Thursday dismissed media reports that Russian hackers piggybacked on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries as an “unsavoury” interpretation of a security report.
British security officials have said the Russian group, known as “Turla” and accused by Estonian and Czech authorities of operating on behalf of Russia’s FSB security service, has used Iranian tools and computer infrastructure to successfully hack in to organizations in at least 20 different countries over the last 18 months.
“These publications are an unsavoury interpretation of a concise report of the British National Cyber Security Centre and the American National Security Agency,” a spokesman for the Russian embassy in the UK said on the mission’s website, referring to the media reports.
“The security services themselves are not putting forward any accusations against Russia and Russian citizens.”
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Russia dismisses hacking reports as 'unsavoury'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow on Thursday dismissed media reports that Russian hackers piggybacked on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries as an “unsavoury” interpretation of a security report.
British security officials have said the Russian group, known as “Turla” and accused by Estonian and Czech authorities of operating on behalf of Russia’s FSB security service, has used Iranian tools and computer infrastructure to successfully hack in to organizations in at least 20 different countries over the last 18 months.
“These publications are an unsavoury interpretation of a concise report of the British National Cyber Security Centre and the American National Security Agency,” a spokesman for the Russian embassy in the UK said on the mission’s website, referring to the media reports.
“The security services themselves are not putting forward any accusations against Russia and Russian citizens.”
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-cyber-iran-reaction/russia-dismisses-hacking-reports-as-unsavoury-idUSKBN1X32R7
