Foreign power was behind cyber attack on Czech ministry: Senate

guest · Aug 14, 2019

Foreign power was behind cyber attack on Czech ministry: Senate
But doesn't identify nation concerned or provide any details on incident
August 14, 2019
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/foreign-power-was-behind-cyber-attack-on-czech-ministry-senate-529537

Earlier, the Czech daily Denik N reported that the cyber attack on the Foreign Ministry had taken place in June but that no confidential data was compromised. Citing three sources, the paper also said the attack had originated in Russia.

The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security has called on the government to take cyber security seriously, citing information from the Czech Republic's National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NUKIB).

"(The committee) states with concern that the latest incident, the cyber attack against the Foreign Ministry, was perpetrated by a foreign state power, according to NUKIB," the committee said in a statement posted on the Senate website, without elaborating.
Last December, the Czech counter-intelligence service, BIS, said in its annual report that Russia's intelligence services were behind cyber attacks targetting the Foreign Ministry in 2017.
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guest · Sep 25, 2019

Czech intelligence blames China for major cyber attack
September 26, 2019
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...-blames-china-for-major-cyber-attack-11942762

China was behind a major cyber attack at a key government institution in the Czech Republic last year, the EU member's intelligence agency said in a report on Wednesday (Sep 25).

Without providing details, the agency known as NUKIB said the attack "was almost certainly carried out by a state actor or a related group," with "a Chinese actor" the most likely suspect.
More broadly speaking, China and Russia pose the biggest threat to cybersecurity in the Czech Republic, the intelligence agency said in its 2018 report quoted by the Czech News Agency.
The Czech cabinet is due to discuss the findings on Monday.
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