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\n A group of Russian hackers has spent the last year targeting nuclear scientists, defense contractors, and government employees in a cyber-espionage campaign, according to private-sector researchers and warnings from spy agencies released Thursday.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Their targets suggested an interest in nuclear fusion technology and intelligence that may aid in the Kremlin\u2019s war with Ukraine.\n <\/p>\n

\n US email security firm Proofpoint, which investigated some of the activity, said the hackers went after email servers used by \u201cnuclear installations and the defense industrial base\u201d in the US. The hackers were \u201ctargeting entities and users with an interest in nuclear fusion,\u201d Proofpoint researcher Greg Lesnewich told CNN. That was likely \u201cto see what advancements [Russia\u2019s] peers in the space have made,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n

\n The advisory from spy and security agencies from the US and over a dozen of its allies warned of an \u201congoing\u201d Russian espionage campaign that tested hacking techniques on Ukraine before using them on NATO countries. If new victims come forward, the could help the US and its allies do a damage assessment of what intelligence the Russian operatives were able to gather.\n <\/p>\n

\n The hackers used a rare software exploit that only requires a target with a vulnerable email system to open an email, rather than clicking on any links. The exploit is capable of stealing three months of a victim\u2019s email communications along with an entire organization\u2019s email directory, the federal advisory said.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Department of Energy, which oversees multiple research labs focused on nuclear energy, did not respond to a request for comment on Proofpoint\u2019s findings. The FBI and National Security Agency said officials were not immediately available for interviews about the federal advisory.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Russian Embassy in Washington, DC, did not respond to a request for comment.\n <\/p>\n

\n Federal and local governments, law enforcement as well as the defense, education and energy sectors were all targeted in the cyber activity, the US and its allies said without divulging specifics.\n <\/p>\n

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\n \u201cThe actor likely hoped to gain strategic insight into western military information, logistics, and policy decisions,\u201d said Sherrod DeGrippo, vice president of threat intelligence at cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks\u2019 Unit 42 division, which is also tracking the activity.\n <\/p>\n

\n The activity shows an \u201cincreasing trend within Russian cyber threat groups to target Ukrainian users first \u2014 both as a priority target and as a testbench for malicious cyber techniques before broader global deployment,\u201d the government alert said. \u201cBased on the success of this and previous campaigns, it is very likely that the (Russian) group will continue to target\u201d email systems used by Western organizations.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s particularly concerning that these thugs tested their methods on victims in Ukraine, before targeting members of NATO,\u201d UK Security Minister Dan Jarvis said in a statement.\n <\/p>\n

\n The detailed nature of the warning, which contains information not released by cybersecurity companies, suggests a broad collection of intelligence about the Russian espionage group by the US and allied intelligence services.\n <\/p>\n

\n Law enforcement has pursued the hackers, too. Thai authorities arrested one alleged member of the group in November, a Russian man in his 30s who was extradited and made his initial court appearance in Boston last month.\n <\/p>\n

\n After an initial lull following Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, \u201cwe have seen, probably over the last year or so, an uptick in [Russian cyber] targeting of the United States,\u201d Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the FBI\u2019s cyber division, told CNN this month.\n <\/p>\n

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