BERLIN: Germany’s domestic intelligence agency warned on Tuesday ​of cyberattacks by the Russian state-linked hacker group APT28, saying it had compromised vulnerable TP-Link Internet routers to spy on military, government and ‌critical infrastructure ‌targets.

The ​Federal ‌Office ⁠for ​the Protection of ⁠the Constitution (BfV) said the warning was issued with partners including Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, BND, and the ⁠US FBI. APT28, also ‌known ‌as “Fancy Bear,” is ​attributed by ‌Western governments to Russia’s ‌military intelligence service, the GRU.

The group attacked several thousand routers globally, the BfV said, ‌including around 30 vulnerable devices in Germany.

In ⁠some ⁠cases, compromise was confirmed, prompting operators to replace affected routers. APT28 previously carried out cyberattacks on Germany’s parliament, the center-left SPD political party and air traffic control authorities, the BfV ​said.