Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-12-31 00:00:00
Affected organization: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: GRU 85th Main Special Service Center (Unit 26165) (FANCYBEAR)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Sen. Claire McCaskill and her staffers are the targets of a spear phishing campaign allegedly orchestrated by the infamous Fancy Bear AKA APT28.