Russia cyberattacks timeline: when and where the GRU are accused of targeting western institutions
(WorldNews Europe)

Russian intelligence officers have been accused of launching cyberattacks on a range of international institutions including global chemical weapons watchdog investigating the Salisbury novichok attack. Officials in the Netherlands, where the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is based, said the Russian GRU used two different methods to attempt to carry out cyberattacks on several targets - known as close access and spear phishing. Dutch authorities said four GRU officers parked a car carrying specialist hacking equipment including laptops, Wi-Fi and batteries outside the headquarters of the OPCW in The Hague. Then they attempted close access attack....