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German Intelligence: Russian GRU Group Behind NATO, EU Cyberattacks

The warning comes at a time of heightened anxiety in Europe over suspected Russian hackers and spies. Reuters
The warning comes at a time of heightened anxiety in Europe over suspected Russian hackers and spies. Reuters
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German Intelligence: Russian GRU Group Behind NATO, EU Cyberattacks

The warning comes at a time of heightened anxiety in Europe over suspected Russian hackers and spies. Reuters
The warning comes at a time of heightened anxiety in Europe over suspected Russian hackers and spies. Reuters

Germany's domestic intelligence agency has warned against a cyber group belonging to Russian military intelligence (GRU) Unit 29155, saying it has carried out cyberattacks against NATO and EU countries.
In a post on social media platform X on Monday, the Bundesverfassungsschutz said it was issuing the warning against the group known as UNC2589 alongside the FBI, US cybersecurity agency CISA, the NSA and further international partners.
According to Reuters, the warning comes at a time of heightened anxiety in Europe over suspected Russian hackers and spies since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Earlier this year, Berlin accused Russia of a slew of cyberattacks on Germany's governing Social Democrats as well as companies in the logistics, defense, aerospace and IT sectors.
In its warning, the intelligence agency said the group, also known as Cadet Blizzard or Ember Bear, conducts activities for the purpose of espionage and sabotage that often involve defacing websites and publishing stolen data.
The GRU unit to which it belongs is known for its suspected involvement in the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Britain in 2018, according to the agency.

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Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Parties Help Approve More Funding for War

A general view shows the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
A general view shows the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
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Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Parties Help Approve More Funding for War

A general view shows the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
A general view shows the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

Israeli lawmakers gave their initial approval on Monday to raising the 2024 budget framework to help fund reservists and assist people displaced as a result of the war in Gaza, with support coming from ultra-Orthodox parties.

The vote to add 3.4 billion shekels ($906 million) to the 2024 budget passed by a 58-52 margin, the Finance Ministry said.

Ultra-Orthodox parties had threatened to boycott votes in parliament in a dispute over funding for their separate education system.

The bill still needs to pass two more votes to become law, according to Reuters.

The rift with ultra-Orthodox parties is a test of the unity of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government as Israel presses on with its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip following the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7 last year.

The two religious parties, which occupy 18 of parliament's 120 seats, said last week they would not participate in plenum votes until the government agreed that schools in their separate education system should receive the same benefits as state-run schools -- especially their "New Horizon" program which adds school hours and sharply boosts teacher pay.

A spokesman for Moshe Gafni, leader of one of the ultra-Orthodox parties, said the faction had decided to vote for the budget this time. It was not clear about voting in future votes.

"The budget adjustments will enable the conditions required for the continuous continuation of the war against those who seek our harm," said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who criticised those who voted against.

"It would be good if the members of the opposition would join in with national responsibility and vote in favor of continuing to fund the evacuees and reservists - this is a war for all of us together."

Israel has called up reservists up during the Gaza war, and tens of thousands of Israelis have been displaced from homes in the north by rocket fire from the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.