Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-12-10 00:00:00
Affected organization: Able Software
Affected country: Mongolia
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Network Infrastructure
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A Chinese state-sponsored hacking group is suspected of breaching Able Software and compromising a chat app used by the Mongolian government. The hackers targeted Able Desktop, which is used by over 430 Mongolian government agencies including the Office of the President.