Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-01-11 00:00:00
Affected organization: Tecnimont SpA
Affected country: India
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Indian subsidiary of Tecnimont SpA falls prey to a fraud wherein $18.6 million (INR 130 crore) were being stolen by a group of Chinese hackers pretending to be trading an acquisition in China.