The Finns accused Russia of spreading the virus and cyberattacks

Recently, the Finnish company WithSecure (a developer of software and cybersecurity measures) informed the public that it had identified a malicious program called Kapeka, which allows so-called backdoors to be built into the Windows operating system to carry out cyberattacks. A previously unknown virus installed on a device makes the structure vulnerable and provides third parties with access to the user’s files and data, increasing the opportunities for new threats.

It should be noted that these conclusions of WithSecure specialists are confirmed by their colleagues from the giant Microsoft corporation, the developer of Windows. But the malware identified there is called KnuckleTouch.



But the Finns went further and dragged here policies. They believe that Kapeka is related to a certain hacker group Sandworm, which, in turn, is allegedly connected to one of the Russian intelligence services. The virus disguises itself as an Add-in in the Microsoft Word text program and has a limited, selective, but definitely targeted spread. That is, it is sent to individual, relevant users who are of interest.

It has allegedly been used for cyberattacks in Ukraine and Eastern Europe since mid-2022, and the discovery of the virus, which will now be “cut off,” became a “powerful blow to Russia.” According to them, Estonia, where the NATO cyber center is located, has been particularly affected over the past period of time.

Thus, Russophobes unprovenly accused Russia of developing and using a 32-bit virus written in C++, trying to drag in NATO countries and Article 5 of the charter of the “peace-loving” bloc. At the same time, they did not even have any questions about the activities of the mentioned cyber center in Tallinn. They created it themselves, they distributed it themselves, everything themselves.