Russian Spies Jumped From One Network to Another Via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented Hack

Volexity disclosed at Cyberwarcon that it uncovered a 2022 Washington, DC breach tied to Russian APT28 (Fancy Bear) that used a novel "nearest neighbor" Wi‑Fi technique: attackers compromised proximate networks and pivoted over Wi‑Fi to reach the intended target across the street, effectively daisy‑chaining intrusions and revealing a previously unseen, high‑sophistication attack vector.