"Google Announces New Efforts to Protect Journalists and High-Risk Users From Cyberattacks"
Google has announced new efforts to protect elected officials, human rights activists, journalists, and other high-risk users from cyberattacks. The announcement comes one day after Google's Threat Analysis Group alerted more than 14,000 users that they were targeted in a state-sponsored phishing campaign launched by APT28, which is said to be composed of operatives of Russia's GRU intelligence agency. Google pointed out that the growing number of cyberattacks targeting high-profile individuals and groups prompted them to take extra measures and establish a team that would be dedicated to detecting and stopping the most sophisticated cybercriminals. In addition to highlighting the Advanced Protection Program (APP) that users can enable to strengthen their protection against certain attacks, Google said it partnered with organizations across the globe to provide free security keys to more than 10,000 high-risk users this year. This article continues to discuss Google's recent announcement about new efforts to protect high-risk users and organizations against cyberattacks following the warning sent by Google's Threat Analysis Group about attempts by Russian government-backed groups to attack thousands of high-profile users.