The Free Russia Foundation is closely monitoring the illegal dissemination of documents allegedly pertaining to our operations. We have launched an investigation to determine the origin, full extent, and nature of this breach and to minimize risks to our staff, partners, and beneficiaries.
Preliminary findings point to recent phishing attacks by the Kremlin-linked threat group known as COLDRIVER. A number of entities have been compromised, resulting in the theft of their correspondence, including grant reports and internal documents.
Citizen Lab said the phishing attacks were highly personalized and often came from compromised accounts at a target organization or from a fake account of a genuine individual known to the victim. The targets of the attack were typically members of NGOs like the Free Russia Foundation.
If successful, such attacks could be enormously harmful, particularly to Russian and Belarusian organizations and their operations, jeopardizing their safety and mission.
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