Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-07-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: China Digital Times
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
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: A threat actor targeted the China Digital Times, a civil-society and news organization based outside China that publishes English- and Chinese-language content, using phishing techniques with the goal of compromising its network.