European Security Watchdog OSCE Hacked

Hackers targeted the IT systems of the international security monitoring group Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the group's spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Though Le Monde newspaper said a “Western intelligence service” attributed the attacks to Russia-linked group APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, an OSCE spokeswoman told Reuters the organization does not want to speculate who is behind them.

The organization became aware of a data breach in November and has replaced its security systems and passwords, the spokeswoman said.

OSCE has been on a special monitoring mission of the conflict between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists since 2014.