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Russia Expert Falls Prey to Elite Hackers Disguised as US Officials

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Dissent

Kevin Poireault reports:

Keir Giles, a British expert on Russian information operations, has been targeted by a sophisticated spear phishing attack using novel social engineering techniques.

The writer and senior consulting fellow at the UK think tank Chatham House was lured into sending app-specific passwords to someone impersonating a US State Department employee.

The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) investigated the case in collaboration with the Citizen Lab.

Read more at InfoSecurity Magazine.


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