Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-08-02 00:00:00
Affected organization: Peter Sahlas
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Threat actors believed to be tied to the Kazakh government have targeted lawyers and exiled Kazakh dissidents for the purpose of espionage. One of the victimis is Peter Sahlas, a human rights attorney.