The German government said it had summoned the charge d’affaires of the Russian embassy after Berlin accused Russian intelligence services of being behind cyberattacks, including against members of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD). ).
“It is a clear diplomatic signal to summon the current charge d’affaires to make it clear to the Russian government that we do not accept these actions,” a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the press.
Earlier in the day, from Sydney, the head of German diplomacy, Annalena Baerbock, accused a group of Russian hackers of having carried out an “intolerable” cyberattack against the SPD, the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholf, last year .
APT28 group implicated
“Today we can say unambiguously that we can attribute this cyberattack to a group called APT28, which is led by Russia’s intelligence services,” she added.
“In other words, it was a Russian-backed cyberattack against Germany and it is absolutely intolerable and unacceptable,” according to Annalena Barbock.
