Sandworm Team Targets Western Networks

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A Hacker Group Within Russia’s Notorious Sandworm Unit Is Breaching Western Networks

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Microsoft says a team within Russia 's Sandworm cyberwar unit has shifted its targeting of Western networks in the last year .

The group, known as BadPilot , has targeted networks in English -speaking Western countries.

Microsoft says the group has targeted energy, oil and gas, telecommunications, shipping, arms manufacturing, and governments.

“This seems very early in terms of initial resource gathering, trying to get this much persistent access,” says Microsoft 's DeGrippo . “Then we would have to wait to see what they do with it. ”But she notes that BadPilot is nonetheless tied to a larger group that has a history of highly disruptive cyberattacks. “Therefore," says DeGrippo , "the potential actions that they could take next is of deep concern.”.

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