Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-10-16 00:00:00
Affected organization: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution declares to have suffered a "sophisticated, targeted attack" thatÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ allegedly originated from China. The breach turns out to have started back in February 2013.