Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-03-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: The consular Section of the Embassy of Armenia in Russia (armconsul.ru)
Affected country: Armenia
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: FSB 18th Center for Information Security (Berserk Bear)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: The Russian threat actor Turla compromised four Armenian websites, including the website of the consular Section of the Embassy of Armenia in Russia, to use in a strategic web compromise/watering-hole attack.