Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-02-06 00:00:00
Affected organization: Kobe Steel (Kobelco)
Affected country: Japan
Industry: Manufacturing
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Industrial-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Japanese defense contractor Kobe Steel disclosed a security breach that happened in June 2015 and August 2016. Chinese threat actors Bronze Butler are believed to have been involved.