Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-12-06 00:00:00
Affected organization: Oromia Media Network
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A threat actor targeted Ethiopian dissidents for the purpose of espionage, using commercially available spyware sold by Cyberbit, an Israel-based company. Most notably, the actor targeted the Oromia Media Network and some individuals associated with it.