Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-12-07 00:00:00
Affected organization: Undetermined
Affected country: Israel
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: BlackMagic
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Description: A new ransomware group that is apparently motivated more by politics than profit has been spotted in the wild by cyber defense company Cyble. Calling itself BlackMagic, it is believed to be linked to Iran and primarily going after companies in Israel.