Russian Sofacy group fingered for phishing attacks on the US government

Palo Alto Networks have reported that a hacking outfit called the Sofacy group has wreaked havoc on the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs following a phishing attack.

Palo Alto said in a blog post that the Sofacy group, which is also known as APT28, is well known for cyber espionage campaigns. We knew that already as we reported on the Russian group when FireEye flagged it as being this kind of threat.