Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-05-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: CPC Corporation
Affected country: Taiwan (Province of China)
Industry: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service,Data Attack
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA Unit 61398)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: China
Description: China-linked threat actors Winnti Umbrella have launched a ransomware attack against CPC Corporation, Taiwan's state oil company.