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Mobile phones used by Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Defense Minister Margarita Robles were infected with Pegasus spyware, a well-known surveillance tool made by Israel’s NSO Group, government officials said in a press conference on Monday.
Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) revealed on Monday a string of phishing emails that they’ve linked to a Russian state-sponsored actor called Armageddon. The attacks baited Ukrainian and Latvian government officials with information concerning the war between Ukraine and Russia, CERT-UA said.
Supporters of Ukraine at home and abroad are going on the offensive online.
The Secret Service partnered with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) last week to host a three-day cyber response program, gathering 2,000 participants from international, federal, state, and local governments as well as the private sector.
A phishing campaign with possible links to a state-sponsored actor is targeting European officials assisting in the effort to evacuate Ukrainian refugees, cybersecurity firm Proofpoint said in a report Wednesday.