INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
society figures in Russia, Europe and the United States, according to a report published by digital rights groups on Wednesday.The Russian
rights organization First Department said that phishing attacks since the start of this year have targeted Russian opposition politicians,
human rights activists, NGO workers, media personnel and charities, along with their Belarusian and Western counterparts.One of the
for Information Security, also known as Center 18
attribute the attack to a specific entity.Citizen Lab, a research group based at the University of Toronto, identified some of the phishing
targets, including former United States Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer and the independent investigative news outlet Proekt.However,
said.First Department described the phishing attacks as involving emails containing encrypted PDF documents sent from addresses
incredibly harmful, particularly to Russian and Belarusian organizations and independent media, as their email accounts are likely to
report, though Moscow has consistently denied involvement in previous cyber-espionage campaigns.
