Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-01-27 00:00:00
Affected organization: Turkish chapter of the Freemasons
Affected country: Turkey
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts,Exploitation of Data in Transit
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Turkish hackers have attacked at least thirty organizations across the Middle East and Europe, including Cypriot and Greek government email services and the Iraqi government's national security advisor since late 2018. Their methods include intercepting internet traffic to victim websites.