Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-06-30 00:00:00
Affected organization: Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Utilities
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: SVR (COZYBEAR)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: A threat actor targeted employees of companies that operate nuclear power plants in the United States, which prompted the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI to issue an alert to the industry. An administrative network of the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation was compromised.