Britain's National Cyber Security Centre said Russian spies had been running a cyber campaign against high-profile British individuals and entities since 2015.

The Russian ambassador to the UK has been summoned to the foreign office to be told ‘these actions have consequences’

The two are accused of leading a spear-phishing campaign that targeted multiple U.S. government agencies, employees of think tanks and journalists.

Russia’s intelligence service has carried out a yearslong cyberattack campaign against high-profile politicians, civil servants, journalists and others, according to the British government, as part of what it called “unsuccessful attempts to interfere in U.

U.K. government officials claim that Russia's intelligence services engaged in a cyberespionage campaign targeting prominent British politicians and civil servants.

The Russian intelligence officers allegedly engaged in a hacking campaign targeting military and government officials in the U.S., U.K., Ukraine and NATO countries.

Two Russian intelligence officers have been indicted as part of what prosecutors allege was a broad campaign to hack into U.S. and British government agencies – and to influence British politics.

The cyberattacks also allegedly took aim at U.S. energy networks and American spies, among others, as the U.K. and U.S. governments sought to lay bare the Kremlin’s commitment to disrupting Western democracies with online influence operations ahead of elections in 2024.

By James Pearson, Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The British and U.S. governments imposed sanctions on two Russian hackers on Thursday for what Britain's foreign office said was a sustained but failed attempt to interfere in politics by Russian cyber spies.