{"id":5219,"date":"2019-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/press-release-european-values-think-tank-among-30-russia-watchers-targeted-by-the-most-sophisticated-cyber-attack-ever-done-on-protonmail-probably-by-the-gru\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T12:25:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:25:55","slug":"press-release-european-values-think-tank-among-30-russia-watchers-targeted-by-the-most-sophisticated-cyber-attack-ever-done-on-protonmail-probably-by-the-gru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/press-release-european-values-think-tank-among-30-russia-watchers-targeted-by-the-most-sophisticated-cyber-attack-ever-done-on-protonmail-probably-by-the-gru\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: European Values Think-Tank among 30 Russia watchers targeted by the most sophisticated cyber attack ever done on ProtonMail, probably by the GRU"},"content":{"rendered":"

In late July 2019, multiple experts of the European Values Think-Tank became targets of what the ProtonMail CEO described as \u201cthe most sophisticated [he has] ever encountered\u201d.<\/em> According to investigative group Bellingcat, the phishing campaign targeted at least 30 Russia-focused individuals:<\/p>\n

Two Bellingcat researchers, one BBC investigative journalist, three Guardian journalists, three journalists from different Russian investigative media, six other investigators and academics focused on Kremlin\u2019s foreign policy and Russian clandestine operations abroad or 10 known targets among Russia-focused think-tank: for example – European Values Think-Tank or the\u00a0Free Russia Foundation.<\/p>\n

According to Bellingcat, the probable penetrator is the GRU:<\/p>\n