The FBI and the US NSA had exposed a hacking tool from Russia
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States National Security Agency (US NSA) on Thursday said in a rare public report that they had exposed a hacking tool from Russia.
This, as they offered a new insight about the Russia’s collection of digital weapons.
The FBI and the US NSA said that Russia’s “Main Intelligence Directorate” — also known as the “GRU” — was using a hacking tool with a code name “Drovorub” in order to break into Linux-based computers.
To recall, Linux was an operating system — just like Windows OS and macOS — that was commonly used across computer server infrastructure.
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According to a former Western intelligence official, the public call-out was “unique” just because of the direct attribution that was offered by the US agencies. The FBI and the US NSA connected “Drovorub” into a specific Russian intelligence team — the “85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS)”, military unit 26165.
Steve Grobman, the chief technology officer for McAfee, described “Drovorub” as a “‘Swiss Army knife’ of capabilities” that allowed the attacker to perform a lot of various functions — including stealing files and also remote-controlling the victim’s computer.
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