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Five Eyes Nations: Warn of Russian Cyber Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure
(thehackernews.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2022
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I just learned that we do have at least one government grant that could mean sensitive information going through our systems. It's fully a defensive/hardening grant, but it could still make us a target.
You may have discovered one of the possible reasons why they attempted phishing. And I can confirm that most universities, as well as private companies, work with their country's government... So I'm not even surprised.