'Russians wanted hack Rutte ministry '

the hague - Russian hackers have tried to penetrate at Dutch ministries, including General Affairs, the Department of Prime Minister Mark Rutte. According to the Times, the attackers are not known managed to steal sensitive information.

The attacks were carried out by the shadowy hacker groups APT28 (Cozy Bear) and APT29 (Fancy Bear). Who sent phishing emails to officials and built fake websites so they could get their hands on user names and passwords.

'' We know they stabbing a lot of time in selecting the appropriate target and gather the right information about it. They then harass with mail, luring him to a good looking website with the aim that these credentials leave, '' said Pim Takkenberg protector of Northwave in the newspaper.