Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-01-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: U.S. government agency
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
Description: Researchers at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 discover a new campaign dubbed "Fractured Statue", carried out via a malware called CARROTBALL, used in targeted attacks, against a U.S. government agency and non-US foreign nationals professionally affiliated with current activities in North Korea.