Top Russian military hackers target NATO using Microsoft Outlook exploits

A stressed out hacker looking at a laptop screen.

Between April and December 2022, the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps, a NATO force that can quickly be deployed to command NATO forces, was targeted by Russian state-sponsored hackers. 

This is according to cybersecurity researchers Unit 42, a security arm of Palo Alto Networks, who noted that the hackers were after sensitive data and other valuable intelligence.