Microsoft researchers detail Cadet Blizzard, a GRU hacking group they claim is behind WhisperGate data-wiping attacks in Ukraine just before Russia's invasion (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:

Microsoft researchers detail Cadet Blizzard, a GRU hacking group they claim is behind WhisperGate data-wiping attacks in Ukraine just before Russia's invasion  —  Microsoft has linked a threat group it tracks as Cadet Blizzard since April 2023 to Russia's Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (also known as GRU).

attacks bleepingcomputer blizzard cadet blizzard claim data gru hacking hacking group invasion microsoft researchers russia sergiu gatlan threat threat group ukraine whispergate wiping