By Raphael Satter
LONDON (Reuters) -Ukrainian cybersecurity officials say hackers from neighboring Belarus are targeting the private email addresses of Ukrainian military personnel “and related individuals”.
In an announcement posted https://www.facebook.com/UACERT/posts/312939130865352 to Facebook, Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) said the hackers were using password-stealing emails to break into Ukrainian soldiers’ email accounts and using the compromised address books to send further malicious messages.
The CERT said blamed a group codenamed “UNC1151” for the hacking, identifying its members as Minsk-based officers of Belarusian military.
Belarus’ Embassy in London did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
Ukraine has been buffeted by digital intrusions and denial of service actions both in the run-up to and during the Russian invasion which began earlier this week. Belarus has offered its territory as a launch pad for Russian forces, allowing Moscow’s forces to rapidly push toward Kyiv.
Western cybersecurity researchers have increasingly https://www.mandiant.com/resources/unc1151-linked-to-belarus-government seen signs that Belarus and Russia could be coordinating their malicious activities in cyberspace.
(Reporting by Raphael Satter; editing by John Stonestreet and Tomasz Janowski)