Russian 'Fancy Bear' unit hit with sanctions by UK over cyber attack on German parliament

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Britain has imposed travel bans and asset freezes on a Russian unit over a cyber attack on Germany's parliament

UK security chiefs have previously judged APT28 to be part of the GRU, the Russian military intelligence services.

The group have also been blamed for the hacking of the Democratic National Committee servers during the 2016 US election campaign, as well as the hacking of the World Anti-Doping Agency's database in the same year.The action against the unit over the Bundestag attack came as Russian Presidentclaimed Germany and China are now heading for superpower status while the influence of America, along with that of Britain and France, wanes.

Addressing a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club via video link, Mr Putin was reported to have said the era when the US and Russia decided the world's most important questions was in the past. If the US was not prepared to discuss global problems with Moscow, Russia stood ready to have that discussion with other nations, the Russian president was said to have added.

 

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The way little Britain thinks they still have a say in world affairs 🤣😂🤣😂

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