Bloomberg publishes a title article based on documents obtained by the agency.
According to documents and technical reports obtained from Bloomberg News, Russian hackers have penetrated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Finance, the National Bank and key energy and telecoms suppliers.
The publication also states that between 2017 and 2020, Russian intelligence gained access into Georgian electricity companies as well as oil terminals, media platforms, government agencies, and media platforms.
“The intelligence campaign, which has been ongoing for several years in the lead up to the 2020 elections, has allowed Russia to listen in on the country that it wants to control. “Some of these hackers worked in Moscow offices during normal business hours to monitor targets in real-time,” the agency wrote.
The article claims that the main division of Russian General Staff has hacked into the Central Election Commission of Georgia, several media organizations including “Imedi” or “Maestro”, gained email accounts, and had access to IT system of Georgian Railways.
The agency claims that hackers linked to the Federal Security Service of Russia carried out a covert operation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia over a period of several months to collect data from Georgian embassies in other countries and count the emails of senior officials.
“The Georgian authorities have been informed by their Western colleagues about some Russian hacking attempts. It is not clear whether they have taken retaliatory actions,” European officials told this publication, noting Russia’s recent similar-scale operations.
The publication claims that the hacker group Turla operated from a facility in Ryazan. Hackers targeted seven Georgian officials between April 2020 and January 2021. These included the current Deputy Foreign Minister and Georgian ambassadors in the US and EU. They also targeted the consulates in different countries, such as Cyprus, the Baltic States, Russia, South Korea and Azerbaijan.
Turla, according to the agency, penetrated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia’s network in November and December 2020. It stole data 114 different times, accumulating approximately 2.1 gigabytes of information.
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