Hack attackMOSCOW, Jan 19 The Russian side did not contact Pyongyang through the Russian embassy in North Korea regarding information about alleged attacks by North Korean hackers on the Russian Foreign Ministry before the New Year, RIA Novosti was told at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Pyongyang. , — the Russian diplomatic mission reported. The cybersecurity firm said US experts believe that the North Korean hacker group Konni allegedly attacked the Russian Foreign Ministry before the New Year. According to the newspaper, according to research by American cybersecurity companies Cluster25 (part of DuskRise Inc.) and Black Lotus Labs (part of Lumen Technologies), a phishing campaign aimed at Foreign Ministry employees began back in October: they were sent archives with documents containing who were asked to provide information about the status of vaccination or links to download a fake «Program for registering vaccinated in the federal vaccinated registry». As a result, the account of one of the employees of the ministry was compromised, from which New Year's greetings with a malicious file were sent out on December 20, the newspaper wrote.
