What we know about Russian ‘Star Blizzard’ accused of years of cyberattacks on UK

Russian cyberattackers have been accused of targeting British democracy ahead of next year’s general election. The UK says MPs, journalists, think tanks and an ex-head of MI6 are among those to have been in the sights of hacking operations linked to the Kremlin. Here’s everything we know so far. Who is behind the attacks? Russia’s FSB Centre 18 has been named by the UK as the source of the attacks. In intelligence circles, it also goes by other names, including Iron Frontier and Star Blizzard. The UK has named two specific members: Ruslan Aleksandrovich Peretyatko and Andrey Stanislavovich Korinets. The…