
The Biden administration on Thursday publicly attributed a cyber espionage campaign to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) that was first disclosed last December by a U.S. cybersecurity firm and the administration also announced sanctions against six companies in Russia’s technology sector. The attribution to the SVR, which is also known as APT 29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes, is the first time the U.S. government has been specific about identifying the Russian government, and specifically the SVR, as the…