previously flagged<\/a> Void Blizzard for targeting organizations that Russia opposes, noting its focus on government, defense, transport, media, NGOs and healthcare sectors in the United States and Europe, including Ukraine.\n <\/p>\n\n \u201cThey often use stolen sign-in details that they likely buy from online marketplaces to gain access to organizations,\u201d researchers said in a statement. \u201cOnce inside, they steal large amounts of emails and files.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Russian diplomat Ilya Ilyin, of the Russian embassy in Thailand, confirmed that a Russian citizen was detained on Phuket last week \u201con suspicion of committing cybercrimes,\u201d and that the arrest was \u201callegedly at the official request of the United States,\u201d according to the TASS news agency.\n <\/p>\n
\n CNN has contacted the US Department of Justice for comment.\n <\/p>\n
\n Void Blizzard is known for using basic techniques for initial access, including \u201cpassword spraying\u201d where common passwords are systematically applied across multiple usernames, and using stolen authentication details, MTI found.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cDespite the lack of sophistication in their initial access methods, Void Blizzard has been effective in gaining access to and collecting information from compromised organizations in critical sectors,\u201d MTI added.\n <\/p>\n
\n Void Blizzard regularly targets government and law enforcement entities, especially in NATO countries and those offering military or humanitarian aid to Ukraine, MTI said.\n <\/p>\n
\n The group\u2019s activities have affected various sectors in Ukraine including education, transportation and defense.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Russian man wanted for extradition by the United States over cyber-crime allegations has been arrested on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[49,978,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-571651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-united-states","9":"tag-us","10":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115552801511505704","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}