“The Main Enemy.” That’s how the Russian political, military, and intelligence apparatuses see the United States. Although the end of the Cold War brought with it hopes of democratization in Russia, 30 years later, with President Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer, at the helm, Russia seems buried in the past, stoking a fire against […]
Espionage
How Russia is using ‘Brute Force’ in its cyber war with America
FeaturedRecently, the U.S. and British intelligence communities issued an advisory uncovering the “Brute Force” cyber techniques used by the Russian GRU intelligence agency against hundreds of Western government and private targets. These revelations come in the wake of months of successive cyberattacks against American and European targets, including the SolarWinds, which saw Russian and Chinese […]
Russian hackers break into State Department’s networks and steal thousands of emails
On DutyU.S. officials discovered that Russian hackers stole thousands of sensitive emails from the State Department during the now infamous SolarWinds hack. In the latest round of revelations from one of the most brazen cyber espionage operations against the U.S. in history, Politico revealed that Russian hackers got access to the State Department’s email system. More […]
Chinese hackers steal classified data, US blacklists Chinese telecom giants
On DutyIn December, the Pentagon and the US intelligence community came to an alarming conclusion. Hackers had breached their security, potentially stealing unknown amounts of classified information and jeopardizing national security. First revealed by FireEye, a private cybersecurity firm, the massive hack was thought to be the work of the Russians. Although it appears that Moscow […]
