‘But His Emails!’ — Ukrainian Hackers Hack Hillary Hacker

Confirms DCLeaks caper was by APT28. Also that APT28 is Russian military unit.

Russian GRU officer Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev (pictured) is wanted by the FBI for influencing the 2016 presidential election. And now he’s been doxxed by hackers from Ukraine.

Said hackers ordered him sex toys as a parting gift. In today’s SB Blogwatch, we dil-don’t.

Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment. Not to mention: Faeries on the bus.

Beware Fancy Bears Bearing Gifts

What’s the craic? Raphael Satter reports—“Ukrainian hackers … compromised Russian spy who hacked Democrats”:

“Invasion”
Ukrainian hackers claim to have broken into the emails of a senior Russian military spy wanted by the [FBI] for hacking the Hillary Clinton campaign and other senior U.S. Democrats. … A group calling itself Cyber Resistance said it had stolen correspondence from Lt. Col. Sergey Morgachev, who was charged in 2018 with helping organize the hack and leak of emails from the … DNC and the Clinton campaign.
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Morgachev’s inbox could potentially hold insight into Russia’s hacking operations, including the operation against Clinton and the Democrats. … The FBI described him as an officer in Russia’s military spy agency [the] GRU. It said his department was “dedicated to developing and managing malware,” including the “X-Agent” spy software used to hack the DNC.
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Cyber Resistance [is] one of several Ukrainian hacker gangs that have gained international visibility since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year.

Morgachev’s group has previous. Kent Masing has more—“Hackers Hack Russian Intel Officer’s Accounts”:

“Adult toys”
The Ukrainian hacktivist group known as Cyber Resistance … shared Morgachev’s private correspondence with the Ukraine-based volunteer intelligence initiative InformNapalm, which then publicly released the data. … Lt. Col. Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev [is] an officer of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU) and the leader of the notorious Russian government-backed hacking group APT28.
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Morgachev’s APT28 … carried out other cyberattacks…