Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-05-17 00:00:00
Affected organization: TeamViewer
Affected country: Germany
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Attackers from China
Actor type: Undetermined
Actor country: China
Description: TeamViewer confirms today that it has been the victim of a cyber attack which was discovered during the autumn of 2016, but was never disclosed. This attack is thought to be of Chinese origins and utilized the Winnti backdoor.