The British government has released a statement criticising Russia’s GRU over its suspected involvement in cyberattacks in Georgia. The government has released a statement condemning the GRU after the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) surmised that it was likely responsible for cyberattacks against Georgia. The UK’s NCSC assesses that the GRU ...
On 4 October 2018, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) levelled extraordinary accusations at Russia’s now-infamous military intelligence service, the GRU. This was an unprecedented announcement; the kind of coordinated, international response Ciaran Martin, CEO of the NCSC, had alluded to months earlier in the aftermath of the Sergei Skripal affair. The GRU had, over a period of years, waged a “reckless and indiscriminate” campaign of cyber attacks, it was alleged, and here was the proof. So ...