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#3 CyberScoop general April 07, 2026 at 23:46 UTC

Feds quash widespread Russia-backed espionage network spanning 18,000 devices

By Matt Kapko

AI Summary

Federal agencies disrupted Russia-backed Forest Blizzard espionage network that compromised 18,000 devices to steal credentials and tokens for Microsoft accounts and other services. The GRU-attributed threat group hijacked network traffic through compromised SOHO routers in a large-scale credential theft operation.

Read full article → https://cyberscoop.com/forest-blizzard-apt28-route…

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