German spy service says Russia behind major cyberattacks

Ageing tech: The vulnerabilities in the database come from legacy computer systems.

BERLIN: Germany’s domestic secret service accused Russia of a series of international cyber attacks aimed at spying and sabotage, in “hybrid warfare” that also targeted the German parliament last year. 

The operations cited by the BfV intelligence agency ranged from an aggressive attack called Sofacy or APT 28 that hit NATO members and knocked French TV station TV5Monde off air, to a hacking campaign called Sandstorm that brought down part of Ukraine’s power grid last year.