The UK’s Ministry of Defence has revealed that it was the target of a sophisticated, cyber attack that saw Russia-linked hackers pose as journalists.
The foiled attack was one of over 90,000 cyber attacks linked to hostile states directed against the UK’s defence over the past two years, according to the Ministry of Defence.
The spear phishing campaign, which targeted staff with the intention of planting malware on MoD systems, was dubbed “Damascened Peacock”.
MoD investigators based at the G