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Undated: Fancy
Bear (also known as APT28, Pawn Storm,
Sofacy Group, Sednit and STRONTIUM)[2]
is a
cyber espionage group. Cybersecurity firm
CrowdStrike has said with a medium level of confidence that it is associated
with the Russian military intelligence agency
GRU.[4][5]
The
Foreign and Commonwealth Office,[6]
and security firms
SecureWorks,[7]
ThreatConnect,[8]
and
Fireeye's
Mandiant,[9]
have also said the group is sponsored by the Russian government. In 2018, an
indictment by the United States
Special Counsel identified Fancy Bear as two GRU units known as Unit
26165 and Unit 74455.[3][2]
The name "Fancy Bear" comes from a coding system security researcher
Dmitri Alperovitch uses to identify hackers.[10]
Likely operating since the mid-2000s, Fancy Bear's methods are consistent with
the capabilities of state actors. The group targets government, military, and
security organizations, especially
Transcaucasian and
NATO-aligned states. Fancy Bear is thought to be responsible for cyber
attacks on the
German
parliament, the French television station
TV5Monde,
the
White House, NATO,
the
Democratic National Committee,
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the campaign of
French presidential candidate
Emmanuel Macron.[11]
The group promotes the political interests of the Russian government, and is
known for hacking Democratic National Committee emails to help Donald Trump
during the United States 2016 presidential elections.[12]
Fancy Bear is classified by Fireeye as an
advanced persistent threat.[9]
Among other things, it uses
zero-day exploits,
spear phishing and
malware to
compromise targets.
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