Estonian foreign intelligence warns of growing cyber threats from Russia
Russia will continue to engage in cyber operations to threaten Western nations, with sanctions so far proving ineffective.
The warning comes from the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS), which in its 2020 annual threat assessment report states that Russian cyber operations have been successful so far and will continue to look for new security vulnerabilities to exploit in coming months.
"In 2019, Russian cyber operations were revealed that have been going on undiscovered for years, and there are likely to be more," the EFIS wrote in its report. "In addition to their continuity, Russia's cyber operations are characterised by the tendency to exploit situations as they arise - as security vulnerabilities become public, the Russians are eager to exploit these immediately against their existing targets."
