MH17: Russian ‘spies’ accused of trying to hack inquiry

A view of the rebuilt cockpit section of the rebuilt fuselage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 during a press conference to present the report findings of the Dutch Safety Board in Gilze Rijen, The Netherlands, 13 October 2015. - EPA pix

THE HAGUE: Russian spies likely tried to hack into the Dutch Safety Board’s computer systems to access a sensitive final report into the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine, experts said Friday. 

The cyberattacks were revealed by security experts Trend Micro, which blamed a shadowy group dubbed Operation Pawn Storm, “an active economic and political cyber-espionage operation” that has targeted the White House and NATO in the past.