Astonishing coup

How Putin’s hackers cracked the US WLAN from Russia

The hacker groups APT28 and APT29 are said to work for Russia's secret services and are feared for their sophisticated methods.

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The hacker groups of the Russian secret services are feared - and not without reason. The APT28 group, which works for Putin's military intelligence service GRU, has now been caught out in a coup that IT security circles would never have thought possible. They infiltrated the Wi-Fi network of a US company from Russia.

Anyone who has a WLAN router at home knows that the reception range of wireless networks is finite and usually ends in the neighborhood. In order to connect to a Wi-Fi network, you therefore have to be physically present. At least that was the previous assumption. The notorious Russian hacker group APT28, also known as "Fancy Bear" in IT security circles, has just proven otherwise by infiltrating a Wi-Fi network in the USA from Russia. Krone+ explains their approach.