Laundry Bear
aka Void Blizzard, CL-STA-1114, TA488
A Russian state-backed espionage group identified in 2024. It breaks into email at organizations in NATO countries and Ukraine with stolen passwords, and from 2025 also used an unknown Zimbra mail flaw.
- Alert level
- 2/ 5
- Reports & advisories (90 days)
- 0
- Known exploited CVEs
- 1
- Personal data leaked (disclosed)
- None confirmed
Attribution
- Assessed as Russian state-supported — US CISA, NSA, FBI, Dutch AIVD and MIVD and partners
- Assessed with high confidence as Russia-affiliated — Microsoft
Exploited vulnerabilities and targeted products
If you run any of these products, first make sure they are updated to a fixed version.
How they attack
Entry
Logging in with stolen passwords
Like buying a genuine copied key on the black market and walking in the front door.
Entry
Fake sign-in pages
Like building a look-alike front desk at an address one letter off and having visitors fill in their pass.
Entry
Mail that triggers when merely opened
Like an envelope that releases a tiny copier the moment it is opened.
Goal
Bulk-collecting mailboxes
Like emptying three months of letters from the mailbox in one go.
Sources
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The alert level is calculated automatically from reports and advisories in the last 90 days, known exploited vulnerabilities, and whether the group has targeted Japan.
Updated 2026-10-23 · daily