Posted: 8th January 2023
A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the
United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by
Reuters and five cyber security experts. Between August and September, as
President Vladimir Putin indicated Russia would be willing to use nuclear
weapons to defend its territory, Cold River targeted the Brookhaven (BNL),
Argonne (ANL) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL), according to
internet records that showed the hackers creating fake login pages for each
institution and emailing nuclear scientists in a bid to make them reveal their
passwords.
Reuters 6th
Jan 2023
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-hackers-targeted-us-nuclear-scientists-2023-01-06/
Guardian 6th
Jan 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/06/russian-hackers-targeted-us-nuclear-research-laboratories-records
Deutsche Welle 6th
Jan 2023
https://www.dw.com/en/russian-hackers-targeted-3-us-nuclear-research-labs-report/a-64310897