Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-03-09 00:00:00
Affected organization: UK government contractor
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Xi'an Tianhe Defense Technology, Defense Contrator (APT15)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: China
Description: Researchers at NCC Group reveal to have discovered multiple backdoors on a UK government contractor's computer systems designed to steal sensitive government and military data. The hack is tied to China-linked cyber espionage group APT15.