Russia Hacked the Email System of the Danish Defense Department
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 24/04/2017
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Russia has hacked the Danish defense and gained access to employees’ emails in 2015 and 2016, NATO member Denmark’s defense minister told newspaper Berlingske.
The report comes at a time when several Western governments, including the United States, France, and Britain, have accused Russia of resorting to hacking to influence elections — allegations Moscow has repeatedly dismissed as baseless.
A report from the Danish Defense Intelligence Service’s unit for cyber security said "a foreign player" had spied against Danish authorities and gained access to non-classified documents.
It did not name the country behind the espionage, but Foreign Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen told Berlingske it was Russia.
"It is linked to the intelligence services or central elements in the Russian government, and it is a constant battle to keep them away," Frederiksen told the newspaper.
A spokeswoman for the Danish Defense Ministry confirmed that the minister had been quoted correctly but said he would give no further comments for the time being.
[Source: Global News]
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/trips/54333/photos/47910
Russia has hacked the Danish defense and gained access to employees’ emails in 2015 and 2016, NATO member Denmark’s defense minister told newspaper Berlingske.
The report comes at a time when several Western governments, including the United States, France, and Britain, have accused Russia of resorting to hacking to influence elections — allegations Moscow has repeatedly dismissed as baseless.
A report from the Danish Defense Intelligence Service’s unit for cyber security said "a foreign player" had spied against Danish authorities and gained access to non-classified documents.
It did not name the country behind the espionage, but Foreign Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen told Berlingske it was Russia.
"It is linked to the intelligence services or central elements in the Russian government, and it is a constant battle to keep them away," Frederiksen told the newspaper.
A spokeswoman for the Danish Defense Ministry confirmed that the minister had been quoted correctly but said he would give no further comments for the time being.
[Source: Global News]
