It is the EU's equivalent of the CIA.
And the former spy boss of the GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), Robert Hannigan, told a group of InfoSec leaders this week that Russia is acting extremely quickly in the cyber realm and the endgame is unclear, as The Register is reporting:
Attacks attributed back to Russia have become more sophisticated, brazen and even a little bit reckless. Russia appears to be live-testing cyberattacks—as has been speculated about the recent planting of the VPNFilter backdoor on routers—although the intent is unknown.
"It's unclear if that was a mistake or an experiment," Hannigan said. "Russia seems to be live testing things in cyber, as it has been [on the ground] in Syria, but it's a doctrine we don’t fully understand."
Top 3 cyber threats to the United States
Which countries are the top cyber threats to the United States and why? We interviewed the former Director of Operations for U.S. Cyber Command about that very question at a SecureWorld cybersecurity conference.
Major General (Ret.) Brett Williams co-founded and now leads IronNet Cybersecurity.
