Switzerland suspects Russian involvement in cyber attacks
The Ministry of Defense of Switzerland was attacked in January and Russia is likely behind it.
According to Tagesanzeiger, the Federal Intelligence Service of Switzerland (NDB) found that at the beginning of 2016, the defense company Ruag “was constantly hacked.” As a result, “a significant amount of information was leaked” including “strictly confidential information.”
On January 25th, the Public Prosecutor’s Office filed a case of suspected economic espionage. According to Swiss investigators, “the trails repeatedly led to Russia, in particular, to Moscow.”
As the newspaper reported, a series of similar attacks occurred from 2008 tо 2012. At that time hackers were able to gain access to the computer files of the head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA), Micheline Calmy-Rey.
However, despite the evidence, Russian involvement in the cyber attacks has not been proven, therefore the Prosecutor’s Office of Switzerland suspended the case.