Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-08-07 00:00:00
Affected organization: Dr. Carlos Figeuroa
Affected country: Ecuador
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: National Intelligence Secretariat (Secretarï¿½a Nacional de Inteligencia, SENAIN)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Ecuador
Description: The Associated Press shows evidence that some Ecuadorean opposition activists were hacked by Ecuador's domestic intelligence agency, with software tailor-made by Hacking Team. The only named victim is Dr. Carlos Figeuroa.