{"id":33748,"date":"2023-12-07T14:05:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/12\/07\/uk-says-russia-behind-cyber-espionage-aimed-at-undermining-democracy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:56:21","slug":"uk-says-russia-behind-cyber-espionage-aimed-at-undermining-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2023\/12\/07\/uk-says-russia-behind-cyber-espionage-aimed-at-undermining-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"UK says Russia behind cyber espionage aimed at undermining democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia\u2019s intelligence services targeted high-profile British politicians, civil servants and journalists with cyberespionage and \u201cmalicious cyberactivity\u201d as part of sustained attempts to interfere in U.K. political processes, Britain\u2019s government said Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Foreign Office said Russia\u2019s FSB agency was responsible for a range of cyberespionage operations in the U.K., including targeting British parliamentarians from multiple parties from at least 2015 through to this year and selectively leaking and amplifying sensitive information to serve Russian interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2023\/09\/12\/china-russia-will-use-cyber-to-sow-chaos-if-war-starts-pentagon-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/China-data-crackdown.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">China, Russia will use cyber to sow chaos if war starts, Pentagon says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The strategy describes China as a \u201cbroad and pervasive\u201d cyber espionage threat and Russia as a malign online influence.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign Office minister Leo Docherty told lawmakers that a cybergroup known as \u201cStar Blizzard\u201d or Callisto Group, which British cybersecurity officials believe to be \u201calmost certainly subordinate\u201d to an FSB unit, created false identities to impersonate legitimate contacts and then delivered a malicious link to victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey have been targeting high-profile individuals and entities with a clear 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resulted in documents being leaked, attempts to interfere with U.K. politics and democracy have not been successful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said the U.K. on Thursday imposed sanctions on Ruslan Aleksandrovich Peretyatko, a FSB intelligence officer, and Andrey Stanislavovich Korinets, a member of Star Blizzard, for involvement in the so-called spear-phishing operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian ambassador to the U.K. was also summoned to express Britain\u2019s concerns over the interference, the Foreign Office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRussia\u2019s attempts to interfere in U.K. politics are completely unacceptable and seek to threaten our democratic processes,\u201d Foreign Secretary David Cameron said in a statement. \u201cDespite their repeated efforts, they have failed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked whether British officials have uncovered the full extent of the cyber 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