Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-02-27 00:00:00
Affected organization: Conti
Affected country: Russian Federation
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Undetermined
Motive: Protest
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A Ukrainian cybersecurity researcher published the biggest leak ever of files and data from Conti following Conti's publicly supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Conti is a syndicate of Russian and Eastern Europe cybercriminals wanted by the FBI for conducting attacks on hundreds of US organizations and causing millions of dollars in losses. The thousands of internal documents and communications leaked include evidence that appears to suggest Conti operatives have contacts within the Russian government, including the FSB intelligence service.