Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-04-27 00:00:00
Affected organization: Danish Ministry of Defense
Affected country: Denmark
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: GRU 85th Main Special Service Center (Unit 26165) (FANCYBEAR)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Denmark's Defense Intelligence Service says in a report that the Danish Ministry of Defense has had its emails hacked over the last two years. The hack has been attributed to Fancy Bear.