Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-07-10 00:00:00
Affected organization: Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Affected country: Cambodia
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department (APT40)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: China
Description: A threat actor has compromised political parties, as well as organizations charged with overseeing the 2018 Cambodian elections, for espionage purposes. The threat actors, who are likely Chinese, have also targeted Cambodian government organizations. One of the targets is the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.