VERY IMPORTANT

In the first quarter of 2024, Positive Technologies' Expert Security Center (PT ESC) uncovered a series of attacks targeting government structures in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Armenia. The primary goal was to steal account credentials from various services used by government employees' computers. This group, dubbed Lazy Koala due to their simple techniques and the username managing the Telegram bots with stolen data, used a malware called LazyStealer, which was straightforward but effective. All victims were directly notified about the compromise.