Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-02-25 00:00:00
Affected organization: Chinese Academy of Engineering
Affected country: China
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Chinese Academy of Engineering suffered a cyberattack from Poison Ivy; a group that has carried out numerous espionage campaigns against China.