SpaceWar.com reports: “The United States and nine of its allies are formally accusing the Russian military of perpetrating wide-ranging cyberattacks for espionage and sabotage purposes since at least 2020, including targeting Ukraine ahead of the Kremlin’s 2022 invasion and NATO nations supporting Kyiv amid the ensuing war.

The democratic allies, led by the United States, in a joint cybersecurity advisory named the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate, known as the GRU, and its Unit 29155 as being behind the ongoing threat.

U.S. cyber authorities accuse Unit 29155 of orchestrating attempted coups, sabotage, influence operations and assassinations throughout Europe with its malicious activities expanding online in 2020.

The advisory states that the unit is responsbile for the deployment of WhisperGate malware targeting Ukrainian government computer systems starting a month before Russia invaded.

Coinciding with the advisory was the U.S. Justice Department unveiling a superseding indictment charging five Russian military officers and a Russian civilian already charged in the United States for being involved in the malware’s deployment…”