Kremlin dismisses allegation of Russian hacker group behind cyber attack on German government computer network

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on 2 February dismissed a suggestion that Russian hackers were behind a cyber attack in Germany, saying that Russia was now being blamed for any such attack and without any proof. [caption id=“attachment_4247929” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Reuters.[/caption] Germany said on 28 February hackers had breached its government computer network with **an isolated attack** and German media reported that the attack was launched by Russian hacker group APT28. “We note with regret that any hacking attacks in the world are associated with Russian hackers but that each time they (the allegations) are made without any tangible proof,” Peskov told a conference call with reporters.