Russian intelligence hacked Georgian government agencies and companies
Russian intelligence hacked and surveilled Georgia's government ministries, central bank, Central Election Commission and several companies from 2017 to 2020. The intrusions were identified as being aimed at the potential sabotage of critical infrastructure.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Government of Georgia
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Breaches of government ministries, the central bank, the Central Election Commission and several companies
- Cause / method
- Hacking and surveillance by Russian intelligence
- Location
- Georgia
Timeline
- It was disclosed that Russia had hacked and surveilled Georgian government agencies and others from 2017 to 2020.
- The targets were reported to include government ministries, the central bank, the Central Election Commission and several companies.
- Russia's intrusions were identified as being aimed at the potential sabotage of critical infrastructure.
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- Russia’s spies hacked Georgia seeking to potentially sabotage critical infrastructure
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