Cyberattacks Archives - Robert Lansing Institute

Disinformation and cyber threat narratives in Kosovo during the Iran crisis

In the contemporary security environment, conflicts increasingly unfold not only on physical battlefields but also within the digital information space. Cyber operations, disinformation campaigns, and strategic propaganda have become key…

March 13, 2026Cyberattacks, Iran, Kosovo, Serbia

Intelligence ops

Russia’s Global Messaging Hack: Targeting Officials and Journalists Through Signal and WhatsApp

Dutch intelligence agencies — the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) — have warned about a coordinated cyber campaign conducted by Russian-backed hackers targeting accounts on…

March 10, 2026Cyberattacks, GRU, Netherlands, Russia

Democracy Intelligence ops National Security

Russia’s “Internet Kill Switch” Export: How Moscow Helped Iran Crush Protests

Russia allegedly helped Iran disable mobile communications and isolate the country from the global Internet as mass anti-government protests escalated into the most serious domestic challenge the Islamic Republic has…

January 16, 2026Cyberattacks, Iran, Russia

Governance

Senior U.S. Cyber Operator Removed from Russia Task Force: Reasons, drivers, and operational consequences for U.S. cyber posture toward Moscow

The removal “for cause” of Air Force Lt. Col. Jason Gargan—commander of a CNMF joint task force aligned against Russia—signals an unusually sharp leadership rupture inside the Pentagon’s elite cyber…

January 15, 2026CNMF, Cyberattacks, USA

Terrorism

The “cybernetic” narrative- it is Iran after the attack on Albania?

On July 14, Hamid Noori, a former Iranian official, was sentenced to life in prison by a Swedish court for war crimes related to the mass executions of political prisoners…

July 25, 2022Albania, Cyberattacks, Iran, MEK

Intelligence ops

Russian military intelligence link to the Colonial Pipeline Company hack proves the GRU’s involvement in stealing funds in cyberspace

The Colonial Pipeline Company, the United States’ one of the largest pipeline operators, was hacked by a Russian military intelligence-affiliated gang operating under the flag of the Dark Side hacker…

May 12, 2021Cyberattacks, Russia

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Further TTPs associated with SVR cyber actors, 2021

This report provides further details of Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) associated with SVR cyber actors. SVR cyber actors are known and tracked in open source as APT29, Cozy Bear,…

May 11, 2021Cyberattacks, intelligence, Russia

Intelligence ops

Cyber espionage and Russia’s intelligence hack activities

Since 2014 Russian military intelligence has been actively practicing cyber warfare methods on the territory of NATO countries and their allies. The Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) likely possesses the finest…

October 29, 2020Cyberattacks, Russia

Cyberattacks

Disinformation and cyber threat narratives in Kosovo during the Iran crisis

Russia’s Global Messaging Hack: Targeting Officials and Journalists Through Signal and WhatsApp

Russia’s “Internet Kill Switch” Export: How Moscow Helped Iran Crush Protests

Senior U.S. Cyber Operator Removed from Russia Task Force: Reasons, drivers, and operational consequences for U.S. cyber posture toward Moscow

The “cybernetic” narrative- it is Iran after the attack on Albania?

Russian military intelligence link to the Colonial Pipeline Company hack proves the GRU’s involvement in stealing funds in cyberspace

Further TTPs associated with SVR cyber actors, 2021

Cyber espionage and Russia’s intelligence hack activities

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