According to a media report, Russian secret services are planning global hacking operations with a Moscow-based IT company, which should also enable attacks on critical infrastructure facilities.
According to research by a team of journalists from “Spiegel”, “ZDF”, the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” and other international media, this is the result of a data breach of the Russian security apparatus.
Attacks on critical infrastructure
For example, the leaked documents describe an offensive cyber program that is also intended to enable attacks on critical infrastructure facilities, the Spiegel reports. According to the documents, one of the goals of the program is to use special software to derail trains or paralyze airport computers. However, it is not clear whether the program is currently being used against Ukraine, for example.
thousands of pages
The data breach thus involves thousands of pages of internal documents from the Moscow IT company NTC Vulkan, such as project plans, software descriptions, instructions, internal emails and bank transfer documents from the company. According to the report, the documents show how Russian secret services plan and conduct global hacking operations with the help of private companies.
Various intelligence services confirm the authenticity
Shortly after the outbreak of the Russian offensive war in Ukraine, an anonymous source first leaked most of the so-called “Vulcan Files” to the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” and later made the data available to other media, the “Spiegel” reports. The source cited Russia’s war of aggression and Vulkan’s close ties to secret services as a motive. Several Western intelligence agencies have confirmed to the investigative team that the documents are authentic.
Source: Krone
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