Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-12-09 00:00:00
Affected organization: Afghanistan National Security Council
Affected country: Afghanistan
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Sidewinder
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: India
Description: Researchers from Trend Micro discover a new campaign from the Sidewinder APT targeting government entities in South Asia. One of the targets is the Afghanistan National Security Council.