Also, would this be the same group that hacked the Socchi Winter Olympics, soon after Russia was banned? The one that the US indicted and labelled as a “petulant child”?
Maybe the attribution isn’t 100% (as would be expected with how the attacker masked themselves using techniques from every major nation state hacker) but Russian hackers were indeed indicted for it.
I thought it was a really valuable question! There are several Russian APTs and you made me question my understanding of the attack. I had to reread some stuff to make sure I could answer you properly.
Also, would this be the same group that hacked the Socchi Winter Olympics, soon after Russia was banned? The one that the US indicted and labelled as a “petulant child”?
No. Attribution wasn’t clear for Olympic Destroyer; it’s doubtful we’ll we ever know the specific APT responsible. Signals intelligence was used to guess at Russian attribution so we at least have a pretty good idea which country launched it.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/10/2447380/
Maybe the attribution isn’t 100% (as would be expected with how the attacker masked themselves using techniques from every major nation state hacker) but Russian hackers were indeed indicted for it.
Correct. That’s what I called out with my second link. Your question was whether Gamaredon did Olympic Destroyer.
Ah I get what you’re saying. Would be more helpful if lemmy presented more than one comment in context when replying.
I thought it was a really valuable question! There are several Russian APTs and you made me question my understanding of the attack. I had to reread some stuff to make sure I could answer you properly.
I mean I was mainly joking and shoehorning in another story I knew a bit more about, but thank you for the other links for me to read :)