Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-10-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport
Affected country: Canada
Industry: Other Services (except 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: A threat actor compromised the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. Seven of the individuals alleged to be behind this incident, believed to be Russian military intelligence (known as GRU), were indictedby the U.S. Justice Department. Canada issued a statement attributing the incident to Russian military intelligence.