{"id":3273,"date":"2021-10-15T12:51:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T10:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/15\/google-warns-of-surge-in-activity-by-state-backed-hackers\/"},"modified":"2021-10-15T12:51:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T10:51:09","slug":"google-warns-of-surge-in-activity-by-state-backed-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/15\/google-warns-of-surge-in-activity-by-state-backed-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Google warns of surge in activity by state-backed hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 50,000 alerts sent so far this year, including of an Iranian group that targeted a UK university<\/p>\n

Google has warned of a surge in activity by government-backed hackers this year, including attacks from an Iranian group<\/a> whose targets included a UK university.<\/p>\n

The search group said that so far in 2021 it had sent more than 50,000 warnings to account holders that they had been a target of government-backed phishing or malware attempts. This represents an increase of a third on the same period last year, Google said in a blogpost<\/a>, with the rise attributed to an \u201cunusually large campaign\u201d by a Russian hacking group known as APT28, or Fancy Bear.<\/p>\n

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\nMore than 50,000 alerts sent so far this year, including of an Iranian group that targeted a UK university
\nGoogle has warned of a surge in activity by government-backed hackers this year, including attacks from an Iranian group whose targets included a UK university.
\nThe search group said that so far in 2021 it had sent more than 50,000 warnings to account holders that they had been a target of government-backed phishing or malware attempts. This represents an increase of a third on the same period last year, Google said in a blogpost, with the rise attributed to an \u201cunusually large campaign\u201d by a Russian hacking group known as APT28, or Fancy Bear. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 50,000 alerts sent so far this year, including of an Iranian group that targeted a UK university Google has warned of a surge in activity by government-backed hackers this year, including attacks from an Iranian group whose targets included a UK university. The search group said that so far in 2021 it had …<\/p>\n

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