The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the attack highlighted threats from vulnerable edge devices to operational technology and industrial control systems.

The SVR is conducting its targeting both specifically and broadly, the U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies said.

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The advisory issued by the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre breaks down tactics and techniques from SVR hacking ops.

Attacks on health care were among the most predominant.

It’s the third time in a month that U.S. officials have published information on hacking techniques allegedly used by the SVR.

“We’ve seen more and more football clubs and other high-profile sporting businesses targeted by things like ransomware,” former NCSC Director Ciaran Martin said.

Access to a mobile device management server is gold for an attacker.

Legislation proposed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government would levy fines of as much as 100,000 pounds per day.

Microsoft warned back in August that suspected Chinese hackers were trying to use VPNs as intelligence-gathering tools.