Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-07-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: Vatican and the Holy See's Study Mission to China'
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Researchers from Recorded Future reveal that the Vatican's computer networks have allegedly been infiltrated by Chinese hackers in the run up to sensitive talks between the Catholic Church and Beijing focusing on the religion's status in China.