Cybersecurity

Russia Blamed for ‘Paralyzing’ Georgia Cyber Attack in 2019

  • U.S., U.K., and EU nations join Georgia in implicating Russia
  • Russia’s GRU allegedly behind attack on president’s office
St Basil's Cathedral near Red Square in Moscow, Russia.Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Georgia accused Russian military intelligence of organizing a “paralyzing” cyber-attack last year and called for a reaction by the international community.

Russia’s GRU was behind the “large-scale” October 2019 attack that targeted the presidential administration, various government bodies and media outlets in an attempt undermine its European integration, according to a Foreign Ministry statement Thursday.