Russia attempting cyber sabotage attacks against Dutch critical infrastructure

Russian state-sponsored hackers have attempted to sabotage Dutch critical infrastructure in attacks this year and last, according to the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service’s annual public report, published Tuesday.

Although the impact was said to be “minimal”, last year’s incident appeared to be “the first time that a group like this has carried out a cyber sabotage attack against such a control system in the Netherlands,” warned the service, known as the MIVD.

The incidents were not detailed further in the MIVD’s public annual report, but mark an uptick in activity since 2023 when Hans de Vries — then the director of the country’s National Cyber Security Centre, and now the head at the EU’s cybersecurity agency — told Recorded Future News the Netherlands was not observing attacks directly targeting its own infrastructure.

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