The US accused Russia of creating a new Drovorub virus

According to the departments, the military unit of the Main Command was responsible for the development of the virus.

Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the release of the virus is part of its cyber espionage operations.

According to a statement from the American intelligence services, theirSpecialists allegedly managed to establish that hackers from the Fancy Bear group used a program called Drovorub as part of their alleged cyber espionage operations. At the same time, the NSA and the FBI draw attention to the fact that the said group, in their opinion, is allegedly connected with Russian military intelligence.

Drovorub poses a threat to Homeland Security, Department of Defense and Defense Industry users using Linux systems.

NSA and FBI report 

According to the vice president of information security company CrowdStrike Adam Myers, the statement of the FBI and NSA should be a warning to everyone who relies on Linux.

It is argued that with the help of a new virus, you can not only steal data, but also force computers of potential victims to execute certain commands.

Note that the report does not indicate howAmerican intelligence agencies have found out that it is Russian military intelligence that is behind its creation. It is only mentioned that Drovorub could have had the same author as other programs created by hackers (Fancy Bear, APT 28 and Strontium).

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