{"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 \u201cThe fact that our analysts are targets of such sophisticated operations alongside the elite of Western investigators of Russian hostilities only confirms to us that we have targets on our backs. That is the price you pay for exposing hostile activities by the Russian dictatorship also in our Central and Eastern European region. None of our critical data were compromised during this incident. We would like to thank to security institutions of democratic countries who are helping to protect people like us and many others,\u201d <\/em>says Jakub Janda, Executive Director of European Values Think-Tank.<\/p>\n\n
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