US Cert Alert - Russian Military Target US and Global Critical Infrastructure

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and National Security Agency (NSA) assess that cyber actors affiliated with the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 161st Specialist Training Center (Unit 29155) are responsible for computer network operations against global targets for the purposes of espionage sabotage and reputational harm since at least 2020. GRU Unit 29155 cyber actors began deploying the destructive WhisperGate malware against multiple Ukrainian victim organizations as early as January 13 2022. These cyber actors are separate from other known and more established GRU-affiliated cyber groups such as Unit 26165 and Unit 74455.