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Jeremy Laird

Russian hackers are using WinRAR as a 'cyberweapon' against Ukraine

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Ukrainian authorities are reporting that Russian hackers have used the WinRAR file compression tool to wipe data from computers at multiple government agencies.

The Ukrainian Government Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) claims (via Bleeping Computer) that Russian hackers, possibly the infamous Sandworm group, acquired compromised VPN accounts which in turn provided access to official Ukrainian state networks.

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