Roskomnadzor (Russian censor agency) posted a vacancy for a hacker with black-hat experience who is ready to travel overseas and extract data from other people’s computers and networks. While it's a common practice to hire people with some offensive skills for protection purposes we might see yet another agency in Russia becoming offensive in cyber.
Publication date: 23 September 2016
Handling requirements: Traffic light protocol (TLP) GREEN
Attribution/Threat Actors: Russian, Roskomnadzor
Actor Type: Tier V
Potential Targets: Computer networks on Russia-controlled territories, also
possibly hosting computers worldwide
possibly hosting computers worldwide
Past Reporting: None
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