Cyber attack on PM’s office, state bodies attributed to foreign spies

The Prime Minister's office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Intelligence Service (EYP) and the Hellenic Police (ELAS) were the targets of an international cyber espionage campaign in April 2019 code-named "Sea Turtle."

According to verified sources, the unknown perpetrators were able to gain access to the internal networks of government agencies.

The attack was initially picked up on by officials from the prime minister's cyber security team when an unusual email malfunction came to their attention. They immediately notified the Incident Response Team of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTHcert) and the police cybercrime unit.

Technical teams from the two services and from the Maximos Mansion, which houses the Prime Minister's office, traveled on the same day from Athens to Iraklio on the island of Crete where FORTH's...

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