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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - WASHINGTON — The US Justice Department claimed on Tuesday that it dismantled a global DNS hijacking network controlled by a Russian military intelligence unit in a court-authorized disruption.
The network was operated by Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) Military Unit 26165, the Justice Department said in a statement.
The GRU used compromised routers worldwide to conduct espionage. Targets included individuals in military, government, and critical infrastructure sectors. This disruption aimed to neutralize a significant cyber threat.
Since at least 2024, GRU actors have exploited known vulnerabilities to steal credentials for thousands of TP-Link routers worldwide. The actors then accessed many of these compromised routers without authorization and manipulated their settings to redirect DNS requests to GRU-controlled servers.
“Given the scale of this threat, sounding the alarm wasn’t enough,” said Brett Leatherman, the assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division. — Agencies
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