Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-01-09 00:00:00
Affected organization: American Electric Utilities
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Utilities
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: Iranian Nasr Institute (APT33)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Description: Researchers from Dragos reveal that a state-sponsored group affiliated to Iran called Magnallium has been probing American electric utilities for the past year.