Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2023-01-17 00:00:00
Affected organization: Ukrinform
Affected country: Ukraine
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: GRU Main Special Center for Special Technologies (Unit 74455) (SANDWORM)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) links a destructive malware attack targeting the country's national news agency (Ukrinform) to Sandworm Russian military hackers.