Portugal remains 'quite weak' and cannot even 'tell if it was attacked': Russia launched an operation to steal sensitive information and exposed something 'ridiculous' in our country

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Portugal remains 'quite weak' and cannot even 'tell if it was attacked': Russia launched an operation to steal sensitive information and exposed something 'ridiculous' in our country

Portugal may have already been the target of a Russian cyber-espionage operation without even knowing it. The SIS alert confirms a global offensive by the GRU to access sensitive information, while experts interviewed by CNN Portugal point to structural weaknesses in the country, ranging from the State's lack of response capacity to the vulnerability of companies and citizens living in an increasingly sophisticated 'digital Wild West'.

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