Brexit Leak Site Linked to Russian Hackers

Purporting to publish leaked emails of pro-Brexit leadership in the UK, a new sites operations have been traced to Russian cyber-threat actors, Google says.

A new website has popped up called Very English Coop dEtat, publishing what it claims are private emails from pro-Brexit leadership in the UK in an attempt to gin up conspiracy theories around the countrys split from the European Union.
Both UK foreign intelligence and Googles cybersecurity team confirmed that
Russian cyberattack
group Cold River is behind the campaign, according to Reuters.
Steve Huntley, with Googles Threat Analysis Group, said that this campaign has clear technical links to other Cold River
disinformation campaigns
, according to the report.
Victims of the leaks include former MI6 spy agency head Richard Dearlove, public Brexit supporter Gisela Stuart, and historian Robert Toombs, according to the report, who say their accounts were breached by Russian government actors.
Reuters added that this incident is the second time since 2020 that Moscow-backed cyberattackers have
stolen and leaked private emails
from British national officials.

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