Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-09-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: Unnamed US federal agency
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: GRU 85th Main Special Service Center (Unit 26165) (FANCYBEAR)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: A hacker has gained access and exfiltrated data from a federal agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said on Thursday. The name of the hacked federal agency, the date of the intrusion, or any details about the intruder, such as an industry codename or state affiliation, were not disclosed.