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Targeting of Ukrainian Military in Phishing Attempts

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Kyle Fendorf, Jessie Miller, CFR

Feb 25, 2022

On February 25, Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team accused Belarusian state-sponsored hacking group UNC1151 of attempting to hack the email accounts of its military personnel in a mass phishing attack.

On February 25, Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team accused Belarusian state-sponsored hacking group UNC1151 of attempting to hack the email accounts of its military personnel ina mass phishing attack. Once the hackers infiltrated military personnel’s accounts, they leveraged the compromised address books to send more malicious emails. UNC1151 is also potentially connected to another phishing campaign using compromised Ukrainian military emails to target European government personnel aiding Ukranian refugees with SunSeed malware.

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