161ST SPECIALIST TRAINING CENTRE (TsPS)

List

Reference number CYB0097
Type Company
List name UK List
Programs The Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Remark The 161st Specialist Training Centre (TsPS) (Unit 29155) of the Russian General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU), is involved in relevant cyber acitivty in that it has been responsible for, engaging in, providing support for, or promoting the commission, planning or preparation or relevant cyber acitivty, including information system and data interference such as hacking and leaking of sensitive information, defacement of websites, espionage through the collection of data, and sabotage through the destruction of data, including by deploying WhisperGate malware. These activities undermine, or are intended to undermine, the integrity, prosperity or security of the United Kingdom or a country other than the United Kingdom.
Added 18.07.2025

Names

Name 161ST SPECIALIST TRAINING CENTRE (TsPS)
Name GRU Unit 29155
The Sanction catalog includes Latvian, United Nations, European Union, United Kingdom and Office of Foreign Assets Control subjects included in sanction list, Canada, Australia.