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Pro-Russian hacktivist group Callisto target UK, US academics, researchers.
On February 1, Recorded Future reported on a Russian-linked cyber campaign conducted by the Callisto group against academics and think tank members in the United Kingdom and the United States. The attackers focused on researchers critical of the Kremlin, seeking to compromise their email accounts and collect information that could potentially be used to undermine or discredit them.
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On February 1, Recorded Future reported on a Russian-linked cyber campaign conducted by the Callisto group against academics and think tank members in the United Kingdom and the United States. The attackers focused on researchers critical of the Kremlin, seeking to compromise their email accounts and collect information that could potentially be used to undermine or discredit them.