Security Minister Dan Jarvis said Russian state-supported hackers had “tested their methods on victims in Ukraine, before targeting members of NATO”, as the NCSC and 15 partner nations exposed the LAUNDRY BEAR group.
The UK and international partners have exposed a Russian state-supported cyber group for a phishing campaign using a “zero-click” technique to steal emails from Western organisations, the National Cyber Security Centre stated.
The NCSC, part of GCHQ, alongside cyber security agencies in 15 countries, named the group as LAUNDRY BEAR, an advanced persistent threat actor which it says specialises in the covert acquisition of email data. According to the NCSC, the campaign is indicative of espionage and almost certainly carried out with Russian state support.
Since July 2025, the group has targeted and stolen sensitive email information from organisations using the Zimbra Collaboration Suite, according to the advisory. US organisations have been targeted across sectors including defence, government, education, energy, law enforcement, media, NGOs and technology.
The NCSC said the technique, coined “beehive” or “Ulej”, differs from traditional phishing in that it requires no action from the user. Rather than clicking a link or opening a file, a user need only view a malicious email within a vulnerable version of the Zimbra webmail service to be compromised, giving the attackers extensive and sustained access to emails.
Security Minister Dan Jarvis was quoted in the press release as saying: “Today’s action shows we’re working hand-in-hand with our allies to expose Russian state-supported hackers targeting Western organisations. It’s particularly concerning that these thugs tested their methods on victims in Ukraine, before targeting members of NATO. Organisations across the UK should sign up to NCSC’s Early Warning service to ensure they can quickly secure their systems against similar activity.”
Beth Hopkins, NCSC Chief Operating Officer, was quoted in the press release as saying: “The advisory highlights how these malicious cyber techniques were extensively trialled on Ukrainian victims before use against members of NATO, which is part of a growing trend amongst Russian cyber threat groups.” She added that technical analysis indicated artificial intelligence had played a role in developing a simple codebase for the operation.
The agencies caution that the technique could likely be adapted to exploit other vulnerabilities, and that as more organisations update their Zimbra software, the group is very likely to look to target other email systems used by Western organisations. Organisations using the suite are urged to patch vulnerabilities immediately and improve network monitoring, and the NCSC recommends all UK organisations sign up to its free Early Warning service.
The advisory was co-sealed with agencies from Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United States, and is published on the US National Security Agency website. The naming of LAUNDRY BEAR follows a pattern of coordinated Western attribution of cyber activity to Russian state-linked groups, in which allied agencies jointly publish technical detail to strip an operation of its cover and push potential victims to harden their defences.
They can have all of mine. They’re 99% rubbish.
Britain is once more in a ‘Cold War’ and this country, today, is a great deal more vulnerable than hitherto as a consequence of its ‘net zero’ political agenda for societal change.
A leaked Cornwall Insight internal NESO reports show that, on June 23 2026, Britain’s electricity grid breached five operational safety constraints and system security was compromised.
To keep Britain’s lights on, NESO has to balance supply and demand on the electricity system minute by minute, procuring extra power if the market has left a shortfall.
The big fossil fuel plants that used to dominate Britain’s electricity mix could be easily monitored and controlled by NESO.
The push for net zero has led to the rapid growth of wind farms, solar panels and batteries, including thousands of small installations that do not have to engage directly with NESO.
Britain is also increasingly reliant on subsea cables to Europe that can switch from importing to exporting power at short notice.
Cornwall Insight said the growth of wind farms, solar panels, batteries and other new sources of electricity meant the control room now had “reduced visibility of the capacity which is supplying and taking power from the GB network”, making it much harder to predict supply and demand.
One control room whistleblower claimed Neso was “flying blind, every minute of every day. We are risking total blackout.”
The source added that “the engineers have been raising these issues for two years” but did not feel they had been listened to.
“We don’t have an opinion on net zero, we just want the system to be safe, but the execs are too scared politically to say renewables are making the system unsafe.’
Successive governments ‘net zero’ political agenda for societal change has diverted scarce tax revenues required to improve Britain’s national defence and security. And the ‘net zero’ emphasis on renewables has made Britain reliant on overseas sources for electricity, 15% of our electricity imported from France. That, together with the potentially catastrophic unreliability of a national grid increasingly reliant on intermittent renewable energy, is a grave threat to Britain’s national security.
The Net Zero Political Agenda for Societal Change:
‘This report shows that if society changed in ways that reduce demand for energy, the energy system costs of a scenario meeting net zero could be lower by 2% of GDP than a baseline case where the UK fails to meet net zero.
‘Economic and technological growth are slow meaning there is less money to invest in beneficial infrastructure and limited new technology available. However, with high levels of social cohesion and institutional trust, people are willing to contribute more to improve their communities. There is also a growing culture of repair, recycling and the sharing economy.’
‘…most individuals walk or cycle to work.’
‘…high cost of flying alongside preferences for a ‘slower’ pace of life prompted more people to choose to trains and boats for long-haul travel. Even airships have seen a renaissance.’
‘Reduced choice of new products and those that are available are unaffordable to many people. This has led to a ‘repair first’ model and widespread adoption of sharing of goods and services. Many local areas are now served by repair shops with some additive manufacturing capabilities that are geared towards extending the useful life of products…’
‘…meat consumption is low, and many people have transitioned to plant-based diets.’
‘Without the focus on education and training, supporting the public to navigate big economic shifts, participants believed that such societal changes were unlikely to take place…’
‘…if we’re optimistic, we could get to a place like that. Making do with what we have and not buying so much…’
‘When we spoke with members of the public about the scenarios, they were open to the idea of significant societal changes, understood the need for these to happen, and were more positive about futures that maximised the health and equity co-benefits of meeting net zero.’
Sir Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser: Net Zero Society: Scenarios and Pathways Report April 2023
‘Cuba has reached net-zero carbon emissions faster than any other country in the world. The transition is complete with blackouts, economic collapse and widespread despair’
I Was a Climate Activist. Here’s Why Net Zero Leads to Disaster, Lucy Biggar, 02 April 2026
It’s amazing that Dan and his cronies can expose this but they seem clueless to the very real and ongoing subversive attack of ideological Marxism through DEI and critical race theory and all the other Marxist ideologies that former KGB operative Yuri Bezmenov warned the West about on national TV in 1984.( who knows if he was CIA or not ? ) But a very interesting watch on how to destroy a society from within without the need for tanks and guns ) What he described is literally today and unbelievably the British government and our intelligence agencies don’t seem to be able to connect the dots .. ….instead they allow all this Russian /Chinese / Iranian and every other enemy sponsored Marxist poison but do absolutely nothing to stop it , infact they ( the gov) seem to actively promote it which leads one to only one possible conclusion………
Mary Whitehouse was right 😉