#statesponsored — Public Fediverse posts

Reuters: German firms report rising cyber threat from foreign intelligence services, study shows. “German companies are increasingly being targeted by cyberattacks that they suspect are linked to foreign intelligence services, a study by digital industry association Bitkom showed on Wednesday. More ​than one in three companies hit by cyberattacks, or 37%, said they ‌had attributed at least […]

Reuters: US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate. “The United States ‌said on Wednesday it had disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for break-ins and attempts on the U.S. Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Senate, and other sensitive government agencies.”

Eight AI Agents Breach Asian Gov, Steal 2,500 Records

Dream Security reveals open-source AI agent framework launched 12 attack waves against government systems in Asia, cracking 85 accounts and extracting personnel data over four days.

https://pulseofnations.lol/eight-ai-agents-breach/

#AI #AiAgents #AutonomousAttack #DreamSecurity #GovernmentBreach #StateSponsored #Taiwan

North Korea Deploys AI-Built Chrome Extension to Steal Gmail

Kimsuky hackers used an AI-generated Chrome extension that automatically exfiltrates Gmail messages and attachments to North Korean servers

https://pulseofnations.lol/north-korea-deploys-ai/

#AI #ChromeExtension #Gmail #Kimsuky #NorthKorea #Phishing #StateSponsored

BBC: Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say. “A small power plant in the UK was shut down during a cyber attack. The government said that at no point was there a risk to the UK’s energy system, but the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has contacted power companies to advise them about the risk of cyber attacks.”

Iran-Linked Hackers Disabled UK Power Plant for Four Days

Iran-linked hackers shut down a British power plant for four days in the first confirmed attack of its kind against UK energy infrastructure, coinciding with US water system breaches.

https://pulseofnations.lol/iran-linked-hackers/

#CriticalInfrastructure #Cyberattack #Hackers #Iran #Ncsc #StateSponsored #Uk

The Register: ‘Near-autonomous’ AI agents attack Taiwan’s nuclear safety agency. “Suspected Chinese cyber operatives used publicly available AI tools to compromise Taiwanese government systems before expanding the attack to its nuclear safety agency, supply-chain vendors, and at least seven energy companies in what security researchers called a ‘near-autonomous attack.'”

Reuters: Taiwan says it was targeted last month in AI-driven hacking campaign. “Taiwan has in recent years complained about what it sees as China’s ‘hybrid warfare’ — from daily military drills near the island to disinformation campaigns and cyberattacks — as Beijing ramps up military and political pressure on the democratically governed island to force Taipei to accept its claims of […]

The Register: North Korean spies are running local LLMs to cause AI mischief. “The researchers said they observed Kimsuky setting up and operating local LLM environments using Ollama, GPT4All, and Msty, experimenting with other AI tools such as Cursor, and using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for local document searches. This prevents the data from getting sucked into the cloud where […]

Meduza: How Russia is impersonating French news outlets in a bid to influence France’s next presidential election. “Russian disinformation networks have launched an active campaign to interfere in France’s presidential election, which is set for April 2027. Over the past two weeks, at least three cases have come to light in which these networks spread fake news about possible candidates on […]

The Guardian: Russia-linked accounts spread far-right narrative online during Ceuta migration crisis, analysis finds. “Russia-linked social media accounts frequently spread destabilising narratives in Europe, often promoting far-right talking points about immigration. But 411 and other experts suggest the scale and coordination of the disinformation that followed the Ceuta crisis is […]

Mashable: Microsoft warns hackers have compromised many hotel WiFi networks. “Microsoft says the WiFi at your hotel might be compromised. In a post on its Threat Intelligence website (via ABC News), Microsoft warned of a new hacking operation called ‘CaptiveCrunch,’ which the company claimed had some ties to Russia.”

Associated Press: FBI investigates as Michigan joins Minnesota in reporting cyberattacks on its water systems. “Michigan on Saturday joined Minnesota in reporting cyberattacks on nine of the state’s water systems but an official said all systems were operating ‘safely.’ Earlier this week, authorities said cyberattacks targeted over 30 water systems in Minnesota. The source of the attacks is […]

New York Times: Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda. This link goes to a gift article. “The campaign, which the researchers at Clemson linked to the Social Design Agency, a company in Moscow, shows how Russia continues to seek new ways to erode public support for Ukraine, which Russian forces invaded in 2022. Bluesky has grown more prominent as a rival platform to […]

Reuters: Minnesota IT officials disclose ‘coordinated cyberattack’ at more than 30 local water systems. “The attacks are similar ⁠to a wave of cyber intrusions against U.S. water infrastructure that officials have in the past attributed to ​Iranian-affiliated hackers, raising concerns about the vulnerability of local utilities that serve millions of people.”

Institute for Strategic Dialogue: ISD Launches the Authoritarian Interference Tracker. “ISD is launching the Authoritarian Interference Tracker (AIT), a tool that catalogues interference operations by Russia, China and Iran across five incident types: cyber operations, kinetic operations, information operations, malign finance, and political and civic subversion.”

Reward: You've unlocked a laminated Certificate of Awareness. It does not protect your routers.

#CyberSecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #RussianAPT #RouterSecurity #StateSponsored #PatchedOrPerish (3/3)

The sectors hit — financial services, aviation, technology — read less like a target list and more like a guided tour of things that should absolutely not be compromised. Seedworm has done the tour. Review your network access logs from February 2026 onward and hunt for their indicators immediately.

Reward: You've been awarded the Decorative Perimeter Trophy — beautiful from the outside, hollow within.

#CyberSecurity #APT #Iran #Seedworm #DataBreach #StateSponsored (2/2)

The Register: EU and UK officially blame Russian spies for cyberattack on Poland’s power grid. “The UK and EU are demanding urgent action from critical infrastructure organizations after formally attributing the December 2025 cyberattack on Poland’s power grid to Russia’s Federal Security Service.”

Ars Technica: The US government warns that Russia state hackers are coming after your router. “The federal government is warning users of home and small office routers to secure their devices as Russia state hackers continue to mass-compromise them for use in obscuring nefarious actions against sensitive organizations in the public and private sectors.”

Politico: EU sanctions Russian cyber spies for years-long hacking. “The European Union on Monday blacklisted members of a Russian intelligence group it said were responsible for spying on and hacking targets across the EU and Ukraine from as early as 2010.”

RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/116880975629003849

It bears repeating that federal agents are not allowed to kill people for attempting to evade arrest. Or for evading arrest. Or for being an undocumented immigrant. Or for being Mexican. Or for being a man. Or for being.

#Homicide #ExtraJudicialKilling #Criminal #ICEAgents #Fascism #StateSponsored #Terrorism #RuleOfLaw

Ars Technica: US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree. “Federal authorities are offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of a Russian state cyber group that has compromised thousands of Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to investigative reporters and US government employees.”

KOMO: Iran-linked hackers claim breach of CA water systems in Bakersfield, Visalia, Chico. “A reported cyber breach involving several California water systems has raised concerns about the security of critical infrastructure, though the water provider says there are no signs service has been disrupted. The breach happened last Thursday and involved systems connected to Bakersfield, Visalia and […]

Politico: Hawkish GOP lawmaker Don Bacon says he was hacked by Russia. “Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a frequent critic of Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s war in Ukraine, says his Signal messaging account was recently hacked by Russians.”

The Register: Chinese agents caught rebuilding botnets and stirring the pot on AI datacenter debate. “Multiple reports indicate that Chinese operatives continue using every tech tool at their disposal – including American AI – to amass data on and manipulate everyone from security-clearance holders to everyday US citizens. And they’re trying to influence public opinion on building […]

The Register: Norks blast 250+ fake job offers to developers over 6 weeks to try and snarf creds and crypto. “A previously unseen phishing crew, suspected to have DPRK ties, sent more than 250 emails to people working in almost 100 organizations, mostly based in the US, over six weeks in April and May. According to security sleuths, it is yet another digital-heist attempt designed to steal […]

Saddened that we are apparently not allowed to criticize DOUCMENTED #StateSponsored #violence and #landtheft in the case of Israel, but #Islamophobic commentary is just fine.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/05/professor-suspended-assignment-mentions-palestinians?CMP=share_btn_url

Gizmodo: China-Linked Spies Are Reportedly Using Job Platform Scams to Harvest Intel. “The report claims China’s military intelligence operation is finding people in places like LinkedIn, Indeed, and Upwork, and offering what is essentially gig work, but then pressuring applicants to do sketchier and sketchier things to keep their paychecks coming—in this case potentially committing espionage.”

The Register: Rogue states are putting AI agents to work on sanctions evasion. “The future of sanctions evasion appears to involve fewer shady middlemen and considerably more rented GPUs, according to a new RUSI report on how rogue states are using AI to fake identities, automate shell companies, and launder crypto at scale.”