Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary
July 1, 2021
Russian threat actors have been attacking Hungary, especially one of its' ministries for at least a decade. Some of the attacks are believed to be carried out by Russian state agencies. These cyberattacks proved so successful, that even now during the war in Ukraine, they may have partial access to some of the information transmitted on the Hungarian ministry's networks.The infection entered the Ministry with phishing attacks and e-mail attachments containing viruses, and then spread throughout the internal network.