Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-01-31 00:00:00
Affected organization: The Aspen Institute Germany
Affected country: Germany
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: HackersÃ'ÃÂ sentÃ'ÃÂ spoof e-mails to people who work with the Aspen Institute Germany in an attempt to trick them into handing over information, such as passwords.