Reuters is reportingthat Russian hackers were capable to snoop on computer used by NATO , the European Union and the Ukraine , as well as secret company , thanks to a surety defect in Windows .
Security firm iSight Partnersclaimsthat Russian hackers have been attempting to gain information relating to the Ukraine crisis . However , in August it begin exploiting a exposure in Windows — which Microsoft is now aware of — that allow it to peer into reckoner used by NATO , the EU and various zip and telecommunications companies .
This is , apparently , the latest result in a five - yr political campaign by the Russian hacking radical , which has been nickname the “ Sandworm Team ” due to references to “ Dune ” in its computer code . In the past , it ’s used phishing attacks and other holes to gain approach to data .
iSight Partners is n’t sure what data point has been seen on NATO and EU computers this time round , nor whether the hackers are employed by the Russian regime . It does , however , trust that this was definitely espionage rather than offense — largely due to the target involve . [ Reuters ]
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