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Russia's Sandworm: A Threat Analysis Group Update
Frozen Barants is a well-known group associated with the GRU's Unit 74-455. Its activities continue to include intelligence collection, information operations, and leaks of stolen data over telegram. Citing other research by Google's Mandiant Unit, Breaking Defense reports that Russia's GRU has increasingly turned to ransomware. The hacktivist auxiliary killnet says it's been up to more than it's now familiar woofing about having paralyzed NATO infrastructure. On April 4th they announced they will be hosting an online hacking masterclass. Applicants are required to pay $500 in cryptocurrency and can expect to learn nine subjects.
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