France Ties Russia's Sandworm to a Multiyear Hacking Spree
By Andy Greenberg
Published: 2021-02-15 · Archived: 2026-04-05 23:50:31 UTC
Feb 15, 2021 3:10 PM
A French security agency warns that the destructively minded group has exploited an IT monitoring tool from
Centreon.
Centreon's client list includes telecoms, airlines, and a nuclear power firm.ERIC PIERMONT
The Russian military hackers known as Sandworm, responsible for everything from blackouts in Ukraine to
NotPetya, the most destructive malware in history, don't have a reputation for discretion. But a French security
agency now warns that hackers with tools and techniques it links to Sandworm have stealthily hacked targets in
that country by exploiting an IT monitoring tool called Centreon—and appear to have gotten away with it
undetected for as long as three years.
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Andy Greenberg is a senior writer for WIRED covering hacking, cybersecurity, and surveillance. He’s the author
of the books Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency and Sandworm: A New
Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers. His books ... Read More
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