Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-07-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: BASF
Affected country: Germany
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Industrial-Espionage
Actor: People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA Unit 61398)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: China
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