Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-03-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: European Banking Authority
Affected country: France
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Hainan State Security Department (APT40)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: China
Description: The European Banking Authority's Microsoft Exchange servers have been hacked. The Chinese threat actors Hafnium are suspected.