Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-10-31 00:00:00
Affected organization: Palestine Chronicle
Affected country: Uzbekistan
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: National Security Service Unit 02616
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Uzbekistan
Description: Unit 02616 of Uzbekistan's National Security Service used FinFisher, a German spyware, to attack dissidents. Among the targets is the Palestine Chronicle a regional news outlet that reports on the Uzbek government.