Russia will face consequences for a cyberattack allegedly orchestrated last year by a group with ties to its military intelligence, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on May 3. Germany has been among the Western nations providing Ukraine military support in its war with Russia, with President Vladimir Putin saying in December that ties between the two countries are largely frozen. "We can now clearly attribute last year's attack to the Russian group APT28, which is controlled by the Russian military intelligence service GRU," Baerbock told a press conference in Adelaide, Australia.
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