A notorious Russian hacking outfit had more of its operations abroad exposed on Thanksgiving by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC). The outfit, called “Fancy Bear,” apparently works for Russian military intelligence. Through their use of Crookservers, Fancy Bear left a trove of clues behind that BBC just revealed. Secureworks had previously studied Fancy Bear and said then that the group was sponsored by the Russia government. Now, Secureworks said the Crookservers information helped them connect several Fancy Bear operations.

Source: Forbes November 24, 2017 02:15 UTC