Electric branch

The German Federal Protection Service of the Constitution (BFV) sent a warning to the national economic associations about the upcoming large -scale cyberatca in the country's energy industry. It is reported by Der Tagesspiegel. The danger is alleged from the hacker group Sofacy (another name - APT28) acting at the direction of the FSB and GRU.

Sofacy attacks in the BFV letter are called "one of the most active and aggressive campaigns in the virtual space." Meanwhile, unnamed experts referred by Der Tagesspiegel say that the actions of this hacker group are fraught with a malfunction in the operation of power plants.

In May 2015, Sofacy launched the virus into the Bundestag computer system, due to this, access to the internal documents of the German parliament. 16 gigabytes of information were stolen. What kind of documents fell into the hands of hackers did not specify.

In January 2016, it became known that, according to the investigation, hackers acted at the direction of GRU . On this fact, the case was opened about the illegal activity of agents of foreign special services.