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 "slug": "eu-uk-fsb-centre-16-turla-cyber-sanctions-first-joint-package",
 "title": "EU Names FSB Centre 16 for a Decade of Cyber Sabotage and Joins the UK in a First Coordinated Sanctions Package",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/eu-uk-fsb-centre-16-turla-cyber-sanctions-first-joint-package/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/eu-uk-fsb-centre-16-turla-cyber-sanctions-first-joint-package/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-07-13T23:49:28.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:22:49.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrussels, 13 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Through a statement by High Representative Kaja Kallas, the EU publicly attributed years of network intrusions and infrastructure sabotage to Centre 16 of Russia's FSB — the directorate that runs the TURLA threat group\n * The EU sanctioned nine individuals and four entities; the UK designated twenty-four names the same day, the first joint EU-UK cyber-sanctions package\n * Named targeting spans French government since 2010 and its defence indu",
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  "russia-ukraine-conflict"
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 "sources": [],
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  "finland",
  "france",
  "germany",
  "netherlands",
  "poland",
  "russia",
  "ukraine",
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