MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s International Ministry on Thursday criticised Reuters for spreading what it stated was poorly sourced anti-Russian propaganda with a narrative a few Russian hacking workforce which focused three nuclear analysis laboratories.
Reuters on Jan. 6 reported the Russian hacking workforce, often called Chilly River, had focused three nuclear analysis laboratories in the USA this previous summer time, in response to web data reviewed by Reuters and 5 cyber safety consultants.
Russia’s Federal Safety Service (FSB), the home safety company that additionally conducts espionage campaigns for Moscow, and Russia’s embassy in Washington didn’t reply to emailed requests for remark for the Jan. 6 article.
“The newest pseudo investigation was sadly revealed by Reuters information company,” Maria Zakharova, Russia’s International Ministry spokeswoman, informed reporters.
Zakharova stated the story was consistent with a marketing campaign by the U.S. authorities to unfold anti-Russian propaganda and that the Reuters story lacked info and was too reliant on the views of allegedly impartial consultants.
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“There was no proof given, no info,” Zakharova stated. She didn’t elaborate.
A Reuters spokesperson stated: “We stand by our reporting, which was truthful, correct and in line with the Thomson Reuters Belief Rules.”
In its reporting, Reuters reviewed web data displaying emails despatched by hackers posing as nuclear scientists with weaponized attachments to workers at U.S. nuclear laboratories, in addition to malware and faux login pages used within the hacking makes an attempt.
Reuters corroborated its findings with consultants at main cyber safety companies in Britain, France and the USA, who stated the assaults bore the technical hallmarks of earlier hacking campaigns by Chilly River.
(Reporting by Man Faulconbridge; Modifying by Jon Boyle)
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