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The EU has blacklisted members of Russia’s FSB-led Turla cyber espionage group for years of hacking and spying across Europe and Ukraine, targeting governments and critical infrastructure; the sanctions include travel bans and asset freezes on individuals and entities such as AST and NPP Gamma, with the UK also imposing penalties.
The FBI disabled the Snake malware, developed and operated by Turla, one of the world's most sophisticated advanced persistent threats (APTs), which has been in use for espionage and sabotage for over two decades. Snake is a highly modular series of pieces that are built on top of a massive peer-to-peer network that covertly links one infected computer with another. The malware has spread to more than 50 countries and infected computers belonging to NATO member governments, a US journalist who has covered Russia, and sectors involving critical infrastructure, communications, and education.
The FBI has disabled a suite of malicious software used by Russian spies, according to senior law enforcement officials. The malware, known as Snake, was wielded by Russia's FSB security service against an undisclosed number of American computers. The FSB spies behind the malware are part of a notorious hacking group tracked by the private sector and known as "Turla." The FBI relied on existing search warrant authorities to remotely access the Russian malicious program within victim networks in the US and sever its connections.
The FBI has disabled a suite of malware used by Russia's FSB security service against an unknown number of American computers. The malware, known as Snake, is believed to be the premier espionage tool of the FSB and was created by the notorious hacking group Turla. The move is hoped to deal a death blow to one of Russia's leading cyber spying programs.
The FBI has disrupted a network of hacked computers used by Russian spies to steal sensitive information from at least 50 countries, including NATO governments. The hacking tool, allegedly used by Russia's domestic intelligence service, the FSB, for nearly two decades, has been associated with a big breach of US military networks in the mid-to-late 1990s and a hack of US Central Command in 2008. The Russian Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The US Justice Department has announced the completion of a court-authorized operation, code-named MEDUSA, to disrupt a global peer-to-peer network of computers compromised by sophisticated malware, called “Snake”, that the US Government attributes to a unit within Center 16 of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). For nearly 20 years, this unit, referred to in court documents as “Turla,” has used versions of the Snake malware to steal sensitive documents from hundreds of computer systems in at least 50 countries, which have belonged to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member governments, journalists, and other targets of interest to the Russian Federation.
The US Justice Department has announced the completion of a court-authorized operation, codenamed MEDUSA, to disrupt a global peer-to-peer network of computers compromised by sophisticated malware, called “Snake”, that the United States Government attributes to a unit within Center 16 of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). The FBI disabled Turla’s Snake malware on compromised computers through the use of an FBI-created tool named PERSEUS, which issued commands that caused the Snake malware to overwrite its own vital components. Victims should take additional steps to protect themselves from further harm.