Britain's foreign office has summoned the Russian ambassador and sanctioned two individuals over what it said was a sustained and unsuccessful attempt to interfere in British politics by Russian cyber spies, APA reports citing Devdiscourse.
A hacking group dubbed "Cold River" by cybersecurity researchers, working on behalf of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), targeted British politicians, journalists, and NGOs over a period of several years, the foreign office said in a statement.