The German and Czech governments revealed a hacking campaign by Russian military intelligence targeting political parties and critical infrastructure, using a zero-day exploit in Microsoft Outlook; referred to as APT28 or Fancy Bear, the group targeted the German Social Democratic Party, government offices, private companies in logistics, armaments, and aerospace; this cyber operation included attacks on Czech critical infrastructure and organizations, resulting in the summoning of a Russian envoy and condemnation by the EU, NATO, and the U.S. Department of State for Russia's irresponsible behavior in cyberspace
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