stu8king/securityincidents · Datasets at Hugging Face

1,208

Ryuk usage against US coast guard

The networks of an US-American port authority was taken down by cybercriminals via the ryuk malware

2019-12-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Military']]

['Wizard Spider', 'Temp.Mixmaster']

['Russia', 'Russia']

['Non-state-group', 'Non-state-group']

['Criminal(s)', 'Criminal(s)']

1

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

Wizard Spider; Temp.Mixmaster

Russia; Russia

Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Criminal(s); Criminal(s)

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-coast-guard-discloses-ryuk-ransomware-infection-at-maritime-facility/', 'https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ryuk-update.pdf']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-coast-guard-discloses-ryuk-ransomware-infection-at-maritime-facility/', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50972890', 'https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ryuk-update.pdf', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-man-pleads-guilty-to-laundering-ryuk-ransomware-money/']

1,209

Burisma Hack

The ukrainian gas company Burisman was attacked by Fancy Bear. Supposedly to find information about Joe Biden.

2019-11-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft

null

['Ukraine']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Fancy Bear/APT28/Sofacy/Pawn Storm/Group 74/Sednit/Tsar Team/STRONTIUM/Grizzly Steppe/SNAKEMACKEREL/IRON TWILIGHT/TG-4127/Group G0007 (GRU, 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) Military Unit 26165)', 'GRU']

['Russia', 'Russia']

['State', 'State']

null

1

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media; Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Fancy Bear/APT28/Sofacy/Pawn Storm/Group 74/Sednit/Tsar Team/STRONTIUM/Grizzly Steppe/SNAKEMACKEREL/IRON TWILIGHT/TG-4127/Group G0007 (GRU, 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) Military Unit 26165); GRU

Russia; Russia

State; State

null

['https://www.wired.com/story/russia-burisma-hack-leaks/']

System / ideology; International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/us/politics/russian-hackers-burisma-ukraine.html', 'https://www.wired.com/story/russia-burisma-hack-leaks/']

1,210

Australia Parliament hack

Unkown actors, attributed by unknown officials allegedly Chinese, hacked into the systems of the Australian Parliament three months ahead of elections, raised fears of election interference, but no leaked data became public.

2019-02-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft

null

['Australia']

[['OC']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system']]

[['Legislative', 'Political parties']]

null

['China']

['State']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

China

State

null

['https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-china-cyber-exclusive/exclusive-australia-concluded-china-was-behind-hack-on-parliament-political-parties-sources-idUSKBN1W00VF']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-08/china-government-cyber-security-breach-parliament-hackers/10792938', 'https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-china-cyber-exclusive/exclusive-australia-concluded-china-was-behind-hack-on-parliament-political-parties-sources-idUSKBN1W00VF']

1,211

Lazarus turns against Russia

The north-Korean APT attacked Russian companies with previously used tools

2019-01-01

2019-02-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://research.checkpoint.com/2019/north-korea-turns-against-russian-targets/']

1,212

Fancy Bear Summer Campaign

In Summer 2019 the Russian APT Fancy Bear attacked various embassies of Eastern European and Central Asian countries.

2019-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Eastern Europe', 'Central Asia (region)']

null

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', '']]

['Fancy Bear/APT28/Sofacy/Pawn Storm/Group 74/Sednit/Tsar Team/STRONTIUM/Grizzly Steppe/SNAKEMACKEREL/IRON TWILIGHT/TG-4127/Group G0007 (GRU, 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) Military Unit 26165)']

['Russia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Fancy Bear/APT28/Sofacy/Pawn Storm/Group 74/Sednit/Tsar Team/STRONTIUM/Grizzly Steppe/SNAKEMACKEREL/IRON TWILIGHT/TG-4127/Group G0007 (GRU, 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) Military Unit 26165)

Russia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

[]

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/09/24/no-summer-vacations-zebrocy/']

1,213

Amnesty Hongkong Hack

The hongkong part of amnesty international was the target of an attack by a Chinese APT .

2019-03-15

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by victim

Data theft

null

['Hong Kong']

[['ASIA']]

[['Social groups']]

[['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)']]

null

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Receiver attributes attacker

null

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

[]

System / ideology; Autonomy

System/ideology; Autonomy

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/04/state-sponsored-cyber-attack-hong-kong/']

1,214

Chinese Attack against telecommunication providers

The Chinese government accessed the networks of telecommunication providers in various countries to get data about the travel routes of Uighurs.

2019-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Data theft

null

['Turkey', 'Kazakhstan', 'India', 'Thailand', 'Malaysia']

[['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA']]

[['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation'], ['Transportation']]

null

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

2

2019-01-01; 2019-01-01

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media; Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

IT-security community attributes attacker; Attribution by third-party

null

China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case);

[]

System / ideology; Secession

System/ideology; Secession; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cyber-uighurs/china-hacked-asian-telcos-to-spy-on-uighur-travelers-sources-idUSKCN1VQ1A5']

1,215

Telegram DDOS

An attack on the messenger service telegram took down the service for a couple of hours. The attack was linked to a Chinese state hacker group.

2019-06-12

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Disruption

null

['Hong Kong']

[['ASIA']]

[['Social groups', 'End user(s) / specially protected groups']]

[['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)', '']]

null

['China']

['State']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

Receiver attributes attacker

null

China

State

null

[]

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/world/asia/hong-kong-telegram-protests.html']

1,216

APT 40 vs. US-Universities

APT 40 attacked American universities via spearphishing. The apparent goal was the theft of crucial information about naval research.

2019-01-01

2019-03-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Science']]

null

['APT40/Leviathan/TEMP.Periscope/TEMP.Jumper/GADOLINIUM/BRONZE MOHAWK/MUDCARP/KRYPTONITE PANDA/TA423/G0065 (MSS, Hainan State Security Department/Hainan Xiandun Technology Company)']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT40/Leviathan/TEMP.Periscope/TEMP.Jumper/GADOLINIUM/BRONZE MOHAWK/MUDCARP/KRYPTONITE PANDA/TA423/G0065 (MSS, Hainan State Security Department/Hainan Xiandun Technology Company)

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

[]

System / ideology; International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/5/18251836/chinese-hackers-us-servers-universities-military-secrets-cybersecurity']

1,217

Thrip attacks continue

The threat actor Thrip continues its attacks around South East Asia. The targets are mostly military entities and satellite providers

2019-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Hong Kong', 'Indonesia', 'Malaysia', 'Philippines', 'Vietnam']

[['ASIA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Military', ''], ['Military', ''], ['Military', ''], ['Military', ''], ['Military', '']]

['Thrip', 'Lotus Blossom/Spring Dragon/ST Group/DRAGONFISH/G0030']

['China', 'China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2019-01-01; 2019-01-01

Statement in media report and political statement/technical report; Statement in media report and political statement/technical report

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Thrip; Lotus Blossom/Spring Dragon/ST Group/DRAGONFISH/G0030

China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/chinese-APT -group-thrip-powers-ahead-a-13077']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://symantec-blogs.broadcom.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/thrip-APT%20-south-east-asia', 'https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/chinese-APT -group-thrip-powers-ahead-a-13077']

1,218

Benny Gantz phone hack

The phone of Netanyahus Challenger Benny Gantz was hacked, the stolen data was allegedly sold to Iranian state actors.

2019-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Data theft

null

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Political parties']]

['Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran)']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['State']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran)

Iran, Islamic Republic of

State

null

[]

System / ideology; International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/iran-hacked-benny-gantzs-phone-israeli-authorities-reportedly-believe', 'https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/middleeast/gantz-netanyahus-challenger-faces-lurid-questions-after-iran-hacked-his-phone.html', 'https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/israel-hacker-skandal-um-benjamin-netanyahus-gegner-benny-gantz-a-1258271.html']

1,219

Cloud Atlas 2018/19

The APT Cloud Atlas continued its campaigns against government institutions and companies across Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2019.

2019-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Russia', 'Portugal', 'Ukraine', 'Romania', 'Turkey', 'Turkmenistan', 'Afghanistan']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA'], ['ASIA'], ['ASIA', 'SASIA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'International / supranational organization', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'International / supranational organization', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'International / supranational organization', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'International / supranational organization', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'International / supranational organization', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'International / supranational organization', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'International / supranational organization', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', '', 'Defence industry', 'Religious', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', 'Defence industry', 'Religious', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', 'Defence industry', 'Religious', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', 'Defence industry', 'Religious', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', 'Defence industry', 'Religious', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', 'Defence industry', 'Religious', ''], ['Government / ministries', '', 'Defence industry', 'Religious', '']]

['Inception Framework/Cloud Atlas/Blue Odin/G0100', 'Red October']

['Unknown', 'Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed', 'Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Inception Framework/Cloud Atlas/Blue Odin/G0100; Red October

Unknown; Unknown

Unknown - not attributed; Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://securelist.com/recent-cloud-atlas-activity/92016/']

1,220

Charming Kitten Election Interference

The Iranian State APT Charming Kitten restarted attack campaigns against Iranian dissidents and started to influence elections

2019-07-01

2019-08-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft

null

['United States', 'Mena Region (region)', 'France', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], [], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Social groups', 'Science'], ['Social groups', 'Science'], ['Social groups', 'Science'], ['Social groups', 'Science']]

[['Political opposition / dissidents / expats', ''], ['Political opposition / dissidents / expats', ''], ['Political opposition / dissidents / expats', ''], ['Political opposition / dissidents / expats', '']]

['Charming Kitten/NEWSCASTER/APT35/Phosphorus/NewsBeef/Group 83/TA453/G0059', 'Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran)']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2019-01-01; 2019-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Charming Kitten/NEWSCASTER/APT35/Phosphorus/NewsBeef/Group 83/TA453/G0059; Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS; Iran)

Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

[]

System / ideology; International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Kittens-Are-Back-in-Town-2-1.pdf', 'https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/disinformation-attacks-threaten-us-midterm-elections']

1,221

National Association of Manufacturers vs. Chinese Hackers

Hackers of Chinese origin attacked the networks of the American National association of Manufacturers during the talks about trade between the US and China

2019-06-01

2019-08-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Data theft

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Social groups']]

[['Other social groups']]

null

['China']

['State']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

China

State

null

[]

System / ideology; International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-cyber-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-manufacturing-group-hacked-by-china-as-trade-talks-intensified-sources-idUSKBN1XN1AY?il=0']

1,222

Golden Falcon Surveillance in Kazakhstan

Many sectors in Kazakhstan were surveilled and hacked by the threat actor Golden Falcon, which may be linked to the Kazakh government.

2019-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Kazakhstan']

[['ASIA', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'Science', 'Other']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Military', 'Election infrastructure / related systems', 'Religious', 'Political opposition / dissidents / expats', '', '', '', '']]

['APT-C-34/Golden Falcon']

['Kazakhstan']

['State']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT-C-34/Golden Falcon

Kazakhstan

State

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/extensive-hacking-operation-discovered-in-kazakhstan/']

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology; National power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/extensive-hacking-operation-discovered-in-kazakhstan/', 'https://cyware.com/news/pan-country-cyberattack-operation-unidentified-actors-worries-kazakhstan-5436b277']

1,223

Sandworm vs. Georgia - 2019

On the 28th October 2019 many websites in Georgia were taken down by an coordinated attack. The US and many of its allies attributed this to Sandworm

2019-10-28

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption

null

['Georgia']

[['ASIA', 'CENTAS']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media']]

[['Election infrastructure / related systems', '', '']]

['Sandworm/VOODOO Bear/Quedagh/TeleBots/IRON VIKING/Black Energy/IRIDIUM/ELECTRUM/G0034 (GRU, Main Centre for Special Technologies (GTsST) Military Unit 74455)', 'GRU Unit 74455']

['Russia', 'Russia']

['State', 'State']

null

2

2019-01-01; 2019-01-01; 2019-01-01; 2019-01-01

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement/report and indictment / sanctions; Political statement/report and indictment / sanctions

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party

null

Sandworm/VOODOO Bear/Quedagh/TeleBots/IRON VIKING/Black Energy/IRIDIUM/ELECTRUM/G0034 (GRU, Main Centre for Special Technologies (GTsST) Military Unit 74455); GRU Unit 74455; Sandworm/VOODOO Bear/Quedagh/TeleBots/IRON VIKING/Black Energy/IRIDIUM/ELECTRUM/G0034 (GRU, Main Centre for Special Technologies (GTsST) Military Unit 74455); GRU Unit 74455

Russia; Russia; Russia; Russia

State; State; State; State

null

['https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/six-russian-gru-officers-charged-connection-worldwide-deployment-destructive-malware-and', 'https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/world/europe/georgia-cyberattack-russia.html', 'https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/statement-of-the-polish-mfa-on-cyberattacks-against-georgia']

International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

true

none

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50207192', 'https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/six-russian-gru-officers-charged-connection-worldwide-deployment-destructive-malware-and', 'https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/world/europe/georgia-cyberattack-russia.html', 'https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/statement-of-the-polish-mfa-on-cyberattacks-against-georgia', 'https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/02/21/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-call-to-promote-and-conduct-responsible-behaviour-in-cyberspace/']

1,224

Attack on Czech MFA

Czech Authorities blame the GRU`s Fancy bear for a DDoS-Attack against the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2019-06-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft

null

['Czech Republic']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'EASTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Fancy Bear/APT28/Sofacy/Pawn Storm/Group 74/Sednit/Tsar Team/STRONTIUM/Grizzly Steppe/SNAKEMACKEREL/IRON TWILIGHT/TG-4127/Group G0007 (GRU, 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) Military Unit 26165)', 'GRU']

['Russia', 'Russia']

['State', 'State']

null

1

2019-01-01; 2019-01-01

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

Fancy Bear/APT28/Sofacy/Pawn Storm/Group 74/Sednit/Tsar Team/STRONTIUM/Grizzly Steppe/SNAKEMACKEREL/IRON TWILIGHT/TG-4127/Group G0007 (GRU, 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) Military Unit 26165); GRU

Russia; Russia

State; State

null

['https://www.prosyscom.tech/cyber-security/the-czech-republic-again-accused-russia-of-hacker-attacks/']

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-security-cyber/foreign-power-was-behind-cyber-attack-on-czech-ministry-senate-idUSKCN1V31DS?il=0', 'https://www.prosyscom.tech/cyber-security/the-czech-republic-again-accused-russia-of-hacker-attacks/']

1,225

Totok App Surveillance

A private company directly connected to the ARE government developed and distributed a messenger app designed to conduct surveillance against ARE citizens.

2019-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Data theft

null

['United Arab Emirates', 'Global (region)']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], []]

[['End user(s) / specially protected groups'], ['End user(s) / specially protected groups']]

null

['Breej Holding', 'DarkMatter']

['United Arab Emirates', 'United Arab Emirates']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2019-01-01; 2019-01-01

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.); Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party

null

Breej Holding; DarkMatter

United Arab Emirates; United Arab Emirates

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

[]

System / ideology; National power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html']

1,226

Great Cannon strikes on Hongkong

The Chinese government DDOSed the Hongkong-Website LIHKG via a man-in-the-middle-attack, injecting malicious webcode in javascript-scripts on certain webpages.

2019-08-31

2019-11-27

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Hong Kong']

[['ASIA']]

[['Social groups', 'Social groups', 'End user(s) / specially protected groups']]

[['Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)', 'Political opposition / dissidents / expats', '']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

2

2019-01-01; 2019-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

IT-security community attributes attacker; Media-based attribution

null

Unknown; China

Unknown - not attributed; State

null

['https://citizenlab.ca/2015/04/chinas-great-cannon/']

System / ideology; Autonomy

System/ideology; Autonomy

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

true

none

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/china-resurrects-great-cannon-for-ddos-attacks-on-hong-kong-forum/', 'https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/labs-research/the-great-cannon-has-been-deployed-again', 'https://citizenlab.ca/2015/04/chinas-great-cannon/']

1,227

Dtrack vs. Indian nuclear power plant

Dtrack-Malware, associated with North Korean Lazarus group, was inserted into an Indian nuclear power plant.

2019-09-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Hijacking without Misuse

null

['India']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Energy']]

['Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

2

2019-01-01; 2019-01-01

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.); Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

IT-security community attributes attacker; Attribution by third-party

null

Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110); Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/04/an-indian-nuclear-power-plant-suffered-cyberattack-heres-what-you-need-know/', 'https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kudankulam-nuclear-power-plant-denies-cyber-attack-north-korean-hackers-111366']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://dragos.com/blog/industry-news/assessment-of-reported-malware-infection-at-nuclear-facility/', 'https://www.reuters.com/article/india-npcil-malware/nuclear-power-corp-of-india-says-detected-malware-in-its-systems-idUSL3N27F356', 'https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/04/an-indian-nuclear-power-plant-suffered-cyberattack-heres-what-you-need-know/', 'https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kudankulam-nuclear-power-plant-denies-cyber-attack-north-korean-hackers-111366', 'https://therecord.media/hackers-linked-to-north-korea-targeted-indian-medical-org-energy-sector/', 'https://twitter.com/RecordedFuture/status/1621646796219883520']

1,228

Iran vs. Bapco

Iranian state-backed hackers attacked the Bahrainian Oil-Company Bapco with a data-wiping malware. For a detailed analysis of this incident, please see here: http://bit.ly/3YwNryo.

2019-01-01

2019-12-29

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Bahrain']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Energy']]

null

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Attribution by third-party

null

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

[]

System / ideology; International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-iranian-data-wiper-malware-hits-bapco-bahrains-national-oil-company/', 'https://de.scribd.com/document/442225568/Saudi-Arabia-CNA-report']

1,171

IranRev. Guard vs. UKGovernment

Iranish actors hacked various UK companies and the UK postoffice

2018-12-23

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft

null

['United Kingdom']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Civil service / administration', '']]

['Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

[]

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/iranian-hackers-target-uk-1/', 'https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/major-cyber-attack-uk-infrastructure-14226055']

1,230

Fractured Statue

North Korean attackers accessed the networks of an unidentified American government agency

2019-07-01

2019-09-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Konni Group']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Konni Group

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

[]

System / ideology; International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/the-fractured-statue-campaign-u-s-government-targeted-in-spear-phishing-attacks/#Attribution']

1,229

Operation Applejeus Reloaded

Lazarus continued its attacks against unnamed actors in the cryptocurrency sector

2019-01-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United Kingdom', 'Russia', 'China', 'Poland']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'EASIA', 'NEA', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'EASTEU']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://securelist.com/operation-applejeus-sequel/95596/', 'https://www.cfr.org/blog/new-entries-cfr-cyber-operations-tracker-q1-2020']

1,232

Winnti vs. Hongkong Universities

The APT Winnti installed Keyloggers on the computers of universities in Hongkong

2019-03-01

2019-11-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft

null

['Hong Kong']

[['ASIA']]

[['Science']]

null

['APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) <\xa0Winnti Umbrella/G0044']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) < Winnti Umbrella/G0044

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/01/31/winnti-group-targeting-universities-hong-kong/']

System / ideology; Autonomy

System/ideology; Autonomy

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/winnti-group-infected-hong-kong-universities-with-malware/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/01/31/winnti-group-targeting-universities-hong-kong/']

1,233

Turlas New Waterhole

Turla created a watering hole, with which they managed to compromise various Armenian web pages

2019-01-01

2019-11-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Armenia']

[['ASIA', 'CENTAS', 'CSTO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Turla/Waterbug/Venomous Bear/Snake/Uroburos/Group 88/Krypton/G0010 (FSB, 16th / 18th Center)']

['Russia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Turla/Waterbug/Venomous Bear/Snake/Uroburos/Group 88/Krypton/G0010 (FSB, 16th / 18th Center)

Russia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/03/12/tracking-turla-new-backdoor-armenian-watering-holes/']

1,234

DarkHotel vs. PRK

The state-attributed APT DarkHotel used 5 Zero-Days over the course of 2019 to spy on North Korea

2019-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

[['ASIA', 'NEA']]

[['End user(s) / specially protected groups', 'Other']]

null

['DarkHotel']

['Korea, Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

DarkHotel

Korea, Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

[]

System / ideology; International power; Other

System/ideology; International power; Other

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

Yes

multiple

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.wired.com/story/north-korea-hacking-zero-days-google/']

1,235

Naikon Reloaded

The threat actor Naikon reemerged in 2019 and 2020 with a new attack wave on governments in SEA and Australia.

2019-01-01

2020-06-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Australia', 'Indonesia', 'Philippines', 'Thailand', 'Vietnam', 'Brunei']

[['OC'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', '']]

['APT30/Naikon/G0013 (PLA, Unit 78020)', 'PLA Unit 78020']

['China', 'China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)', 'Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT30/Naikon/G0013 (PLA, Unit 78020); PLA Unit 78020

China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

[]

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/world/asia/china-hacking-military-aria.html', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/naikon-APT%20-cyber-espionage-reloaded/']

1,236

ZeroCleare

APT34 attacked middle-eastern oil companies with its new file-deleting malware ZeroCleare

2019-01-01

2019-06-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Middle East (region)']

null

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Energy']]

['ITG13 ', 'OilRig/APT34/Cobalt Gypsy/Helix Kitten/Crambus/G0049']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

ITG13 ; OilRig/APT34/Cobalt Gypsy/Helix Kitten/Crambus/G0049

Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

[]

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://securityintelligence.com/posts/new-destructive-wiper-zerocleare-targets-energy-sector-in-the-middle-east/']

1,237

Operation In(ter)ception

A group (likely the north-Korean APT Lazarus) attacked two central European defense companies via LinkedIn with the goal of espionage. In one case, the attackers tried to monetize access to a victim’s email account through a business email compromise (BEC) attack as the final stage of the operation.

2019-09-01

2019-12-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Europe (region)', 'Middle East (region)']

null

[['Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Defence industry'], ['Defence industry']]

['Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ESET_Operation_Interception.pdf']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ESET_Operation_Interception.pdf', 'https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-linkedin-hacks/cyber-spies-use-linkedin-to-hack-european-defence-firms-idUSKBN23O2L7?utm_campaign=wp_the_cybersecurity_202&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_cybersecurity202']

1,238

NSO Tools vs. Moroccan Journalist

Spyware of the NSO group was used against a Morrocan journalist by the Morrocan government.

2019-01-27

2020-01-29

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Morocco']

[['AFRICA', 'NAF', 'MENA']]

[['Media']]

null

['Morocco']

['State']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by third-party

null

Morocco

State

null

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/06/nso-spyware-used-against-moroccan-journalist/']

1,239

OilRig Read my Lips

The unidentified group Shadow Brokers leaked hackingtools of the Iranian group OilRig online

2019-01-01

2019-04-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft; Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Intelligence agencies']]

['Read My Lips/Lab Dookhtegan']

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Read My Lips/Lab Dookhtegan

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/source-code-of-iranian-cyber-espionage-tools-leaked-on-telegram/', 'https://www.wired.com/story/iran-hackers-oilrig-read-my-lips/']

1,240

Togo NSO tools vs. Religious opposition

The government of Togo used spyware tools of the NSO group against the religious opposition in the country

2019-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Togo']

[['AFRICA', 'SSA']]

[['Social groups', 'Social groups']]

[['Religious', 'Political opposition / dissidents / expats']]

null

['Togo']

['State']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by third-party

null

Togo

State

null

[]

National power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/03/senior-clergymen-among-activists-targeted-by-spyware', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/religious-politicians-togo-surveillance-nso-group/']

1,241

Attack on two US municipalities

Since June 2019, unidentified cyber actors have used a SharePoint vulnerability, CVE-2019-0604, to exploit notable US entities. Following a widespread scanning for CVE-2019-0604 in May, June, and October 2019, respectively, cyber actors compromised the network of two identified US municipalities using CVE-2019-0604.

2019-07-01

2019-08-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Civil service / administration']]

null

['Unknown']

['State']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

Unknown

State

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-nation-state-actors-have-breached-two-us-municipalities/', 'https://www.aha.org/fbi-tlp-alert/2020-03-18-fbi-alert-ac-000113-tt-unidentified-cyber-actors-exploit-sharepoint']

1,242

Emissary Panda attack on Iranian and other Middle Eastern Governments

Chinese cyber-espionage group Emissary Panda has been targeting government organizations in two different countries in the Middle East, Palo Alto Networks security researchers say. Iran later claimed to be one of the victims and attributed the operation to Chinese APT 27.

2019-04-01

2019-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Middle East (region)']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], []]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries']]

['Emissary Panda/APT27/Lucky Mouse/BRONZE UNION/TEMP.Hippo/Group 35/TG-3390/Iron Tiger/ZipToken/G0027']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

2

2019-01-01; 2019-01-01

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Emissary Panda/APT27/Lucky Mouse/BRONZE UNION/TEMP.Hippo/Group 35/TG-3390/Iron Tiger/ZipToken/G0027; Emissary Panda/APT27/Lucky Mouse/BRONZE UNION/TEMP.Hippo/Group 35/TG-3390/Iron Tiger/ZipToken/G0027

China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/emissary-panda-attacks-middle-east-government-sharepoint-servers/', 'https://team-cymru.com/blog/2020/03/25/how-the-iranian-cyber-security-agency-detects-emissary-panda-malware/']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-cyber-spies-target-government-organizations-middle-east', 'https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/emissary-panda-attacks-middle-east-government-sharepoint-servers/', 'https://team-cymru.com/blog/2020/03/25/how-the-iranian-cyber-security-agency-detects-emissary-panda-malware/', 'https://twitter.com/azarijahromi/status/1206071513222467585']

1,243

Pulwama retaliation hack

An Indian hacker group named "I Team Crew" disrupted many pakistani websites after an suicide attack of pakistan-based group Jaish-e-Mohammad in Kashmir, which killed 40 police officers.

2019-02-14

2019-02-17

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Pakistan']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Military']]

['Team I Crew']

['India']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

null

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Team I Crew

India

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

[]

Autonomy; Secession

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/pulwama-attack-pakistani-websites-hacked-heres-the-list/articleshow/68042727.cms']

1,244

US hack on IRGC

US Cyber Command disrupts iranian missile control systems and spy network to retaliate the downing of a US Global Hawk Drone and the attack on two oil tankers in June 2019.

2019-06-20

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Military']]

['US CYCOM']

['United States']

['State']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Attacker confirms

null

US CYCOM

United States

State

null

['https://apnews.com/article/f01492c3dbd14856bce41d776248921f']

System / ideology; International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

true

none

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/23/us-launched-cyber-attack-on-iranian-rockets-and-missiles-reports', 'https://www.dw.com/en/us-hits-iran-with-cyberattack-reports/a-49316935', 'https://apnews.com/article/f01492c3dbd14856bce41d776248921f', 'https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-us-cyberattacks-after-drone-shot-down-did-not-work-2019-6']

1,245

Mitsubishi hack

China-linked hacking group "Tick" breached into computer systems of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and stole sensitive data.

2019-03-18

2019-06-28

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on non-political target(s), politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by victim

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Japan']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA']]

[['Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Defence industry', '']]

['Tick/BRONZE BUTLER/REBALDKNIGHT/G0060 (PLA, Unit\xa061419)']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

2

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.); Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Receiver attributes attacker; Attribution by third-party

null

Tick/BRONZE BUTLER/REBALDKNIGHT/G0060 (PLA, Unit 61419); Tick/BRONZE BUTLER/REBALDKNIGHT/G0060 (PLA, Unit 61419)

China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/trend-micro-antivirus-zero-day-used-in-mitsubishi-electric-hack/', 'https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN1M6VDSN1MULFA009.html']

Other

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://apnews.com/article/2e85904379adc4fa30ebc6aba3eb4d55', 'https://www.zdnet.com/article/mitsubishi-electric-discloses-security-breach-china-is-main-suspect/', 'https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/02/13/business/corporate-business/cyberattack-mitsubishi-china/', 'https://www.zdnet.com/article/trend-micro-antivirus-zero-day-used-in-mitsubishi-electric-hack/', 'https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN1M6VDSN1MULFA009.html']

1,246

UN hack

A probably state-linked hacking group compromised the computer systems of the UN offices in Geneva and Vienna, which the UN tried to cover up.

2019-07-01

2019-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United Nations Organization']

null

[['International / supranational organization']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigation/2020/01/29/united-nations-cyber-attack', 'https://apnews.com/article/0d958e15d7f5081dd612f07482f48b73']

1,247

Telecom Providers hack

Suspected iranian hacking group "Greenbug" targets telecom providers in South Asia.

2019-04-01

2020-04-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['South Asia (region)']

null

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Telecommunications']]

['Greenbug', 'OilRig/APT34/Cobalt Gypsy/Helix Kitten/Crambus/G0049']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)', 'Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Greenbug; OilRig/APT34/Cobalt Gypsy/Helix Kitten/Crambus/G0049

Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/greenbug-espionage-telco-south-asia', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/greenbug-symantec-iran-hacking-pakistan/']

1,248

Russia interference in Britains general election 2019

Russian hacking group stole U.S.-UK trade documents from email account of former trade minister Liam Fox and leaked them ahead of the general election in order to influence it.

2019-07-12

2019-10-21

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Data theft & Doxing

null

['United Kingdom']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

null

['Russia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Attribution by third-party

null

Russia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-russia-hack-exclusive/exclusive-papers-leaked-before-uk-election-in-suspected-russian-operation-were-hacked-from-ex-trade-minister-sources-idUKKCN24Z1V4?edition-redirect=uk']

System / ideology; International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-russia-hack-exclusive/exclusive-papers-leaked-before-uk-election-in-suspected-russian-operation-were-hacked-from-ex-trade-minister-sources-idUKKCN24Z1V4?edition-redirect=uk']

1,249

Seedworm

Iranian hacking group Seedworm/MuddyWater hacked into government entities and telecommunications operators in Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, ARE and Georgia as part of a cyber espionage campaign.

2019-12-01

2020-07-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Iraq', 'Turkey', 'Kuwait', 'United Arab Emirates', 'Georgia']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], ['ASIA', 'CENTAS']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Telecommunications'], ['Government / ministries', 'Telecommunications'], ['Government / ministries', 'Telecommunications'], ['Government / ministries', 'Telecommunications'], ['Government / ministries', 'Telecommunications']]

['MuddyWater/TEMP.Zagros/MERCURY/Static Kitten/Seedworm/G0069']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

MuddyWater/TEMP.Zagros/MERCURY/Static Kitten/Seedworm/G0069

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/seedworm-apt-iran-middle-east']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.cyberscoop.com/muddywater-iran-symantec-middle-east/', 'https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/seedworm-apt-iran-middle-east']

1,250

Chinese espionage campaign against japanese organizations

Chinese hacking group Cicada/ APT 10 gained access into network systems and stole credential information from japanese companies in 17 regions and multiple sectors.

2019-10-01

2020-10-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Japan']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['APT10/Stone Panda/MenuPass Team/Cloud Hopper/Red Apollo/Cicada/POTASSIUM/BRONZE RIVERSIDE/CVNX/HOGFISH/G0045 (MSS, Tianjin State Security Bureau)']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT10/Stone Panda/MenuPass Team/Cloud Hopper/Red Apollo/Cicada/POTASSIUM/BRONZE RIVERSIDE/CVNX/HOGFISH/G0045 (MSS, Tianjin State Security Bureau)

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/cicada-APT 10-japan-espionage']

System / ideology; International power

Territory; Resources; International power; Other

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-hackers-target-japanese-organizations-large-scale-campaign', 'https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/cicada-APT 10-japan-espionage']

1,251

Ocean Lotus Fake Websites

The state-sponsored vietnamese hacking group "OceanLotus" created websites for the vietnamese public and Southeast Asia in general to steal information about persons of interest.

2019-01-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Southeast Asia (region)', 'Vietnam']

[[], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA']]

[['End user(s) / specially protected groups'], ['End user(s) / specially protected groups']]

null

['Ocean Lotus/APT 32']

['Vietnam']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Ocean Lotus/APT 32

Vietnam

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.volexity.com/blog/2020/11/06/oceanlotus-extending-cyber-espionage-operations-through-fake-websites/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.cyberscoop.com/vietnam-hacking-oceanlotus-apt32-fake-news/', 'https://www.volexity.com/blog/2020/11/06/oceanlotus-extending-cyber-espionage-operations-through-fake-websites/']

1,252

HpReact

APT-C-43 steals Venezuelan military secrets to provide intelligence support for the coup.

2019-01-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Venezuela']

[['SOUTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Military']]

['APT-C-43/El Machete']

['Colombia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT-C-43/El Machete

Colombia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://blog.360totalsecurity.com/en/apt-c-43-steals-venezuelan-military-secrets-to-provide-intelligence-support-for-the-reactionaries-hpreact-campaign/']

National power

System/ideology; National power; Third-party intervention / third-party affection

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://blog.360totalsecurity.com/en/apt-c-43-steals-venezuelan-military-secrets-to-provide-intelligence-support-for-the-reactionaries-hpreact-campaign/']

1,253

MoleRats Espionage 2019

The arabic-speaking hacking group MoleRATs/ Gaza Cybergang conducted an espionage campaign on entities and individuals related to the Palestinian Authority.

2019-01-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Palestine']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'End user(s) / specially protected groups']]

[['Government / ministries', '']]

['MoleRATs/ Gaza Cybergang']

['Palestine']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

MoleRATs/ Gaza Cybergang

Palestine

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.cybereason.com/blog/new-cyber-espionage-campaigns-targeting-palestinians-part-one']

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.cybereason.com/blog/new-cyber-espionage-campaigns-targeting-palestinians-part-one']

1,286

Exim Mail Transfer Agent - May 2020

Russian hacking group Sandworm, respectively the Russian intelligence service GRU, exploited a bug in Exim Mail Transfer Agent in order to send emails, which automatically provide root privileges in the receiving computer. Although this bug was patched in June 2019, at least one month before the hack started, unknown receivers who did not patch their computers got hit.

2019-08-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Hijacking without Misuse

null

['Unknown', 'United Kingdom']

[[], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU']]

[['Unknown'], ['Unknown']]

null

['Sandworm/VOODOO Bear/Quedagh/TeleBots/IRON VIKING/Black Energy/IRIDIUM/ELECTRUM/G0034 (GRU, Main Centre for Special Technologies (GTsST) Military Unit 74455)', 'GRU']

['Russia', 'Russia']

['State', 'State']

null

1

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites)

Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party

null

Sandworm/VOODOO Bear/Quedagh/TeleBots/IRON VIKING/Black Energy/IRIDIUM/ELECTRUM/G0034 (GRU, Main Centre for Special Technologies (GTsST) Military Unit 74455); GRU

Russia; Russia

State; State

null

['https://media.defense.gov/2020/May/28/2002306626/-1/-1/0/CSA%20Sandworm%20Actors%20Exploiting%20Vulnerability%20in%20Exim%20Transfer%20Agent%2020200528.pdf']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/05/russian-hackers-are-exploiting-bug-that-gives-control-of-us-servers/', 'https://techmonitor.ai/techonology/cybersecurity/exim-vulnerability-nsa-sandworm', 'https://media.defense.gov/2020/May/28/2002306626/-1/-1/0/CSA%20Sandworm%20Actors%20Exploiting%20Vulnerability%20in%20Exim%20Transfer%20Agent%2020200528.pdf']

1,255

CactusPete vs. Russia and Mongolia

The Chinese hacking group "CactusPete" conducted an espionage campaign against the Russian defense industry and the mongolian government.

2019-01-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Mongolia', 'Russia']

[['ASIA', 'EASIA', 'NEA'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Election infrastructure / related systems'], ['Government / ministries', 'Election infrastructure / related systems']]

['Tonto Team/CactusPete/BRONZE HUNTLEY/KARMA PANDA/G0131 (PLA, Unit 65017)', 'PLA']

['China', 'China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)', 'Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Statement in media report and political statement/technical report; Statement in media report and political statement/technical report

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Tonto Team/CactusPete/BRONZE HUNTLEY/KARMA PANDA/G0131 (PLA, Unit 65017); PLA

China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://securelist.com/cactuspete-APT -groups-updated-bisonal-backdoor/97962/', 'https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/researchers-claim-china-trying-to-hack-south-korea-missile-defense-efforts/', 'https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-secret-weapon-in-south-korea-missile-fight-hackers-1492766403']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://securelist.com/cactuspete-APT%20-groups-updated-bisonal-backdoor/97962/', 'https://securelist.com/cactuspete-APT -groups-updated-bisonal-backdoor/97962/', 'https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/researchers-claim-china-trying-to-hack-south-korea-missile-defense-efforts/', 'https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-secret-weapon-in-south-korea-missile-fight-hackers-1492766403']

1,256

Transparent Tribe hack

The pakistani hacking group Transparent Tribe targets military targets in Afghanistan and India.

2019-01-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['India', 'Afghanistan']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO'], ['ASIA', 'SASIA']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Military'], ['Military']]

['APT36/Transparent Tribe/Mythic Leopard/C-Major']

['Pakistan']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT36/Transparent Tribe/Mythic Leopard/C-Major

Pakistan

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://info.lookout.com/rs/051-ESQ-475/images/lookout-stealth-mango-srr-us.pdf', 'https://securelist.com/transparent-tribe-part-1/98127/']

System / ideology; International power

Territory; Resources; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 4

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://info.lookout.com/rs/051-ESQ-475/images/lookout-stealth-mango-srr-us.pdf', 'https://securelist.com/transparent-tribe-part-1/98127/']

1,257

Fishing Elephant hack

The hacking group Fishing Elephant targets government and diplomatic entities in Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ukraine and China.

2019-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Pakistan', 'Bangladesh', 'Ukraine', 'China']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO'], ['ASIA', 'SASIA'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'EASIA', 'NEA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', '']]

['Fishing Elephant']

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Fishing Elephant

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://securelist.com/apt-trends-report-q1-2020/96826/']

1,258

Chinese MSS campaign

Two Chinese hackers working with the Ministry of State Security (MSS) were indicted for unauthorized access and data theft from a variety of victims.

2019-01-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States', 'Netherlands', 'Korea, Republic of', 'Australia']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA'], ['OC']]

[['Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Health', 'Defence industry', ''], ['Health', 'Defence industry', ''], ['Health', 'Defence industry', ''], ['Health', 'Defence industry', '']]

['Li Xiaoyu/Oro01xy', 'Dong Jiazhi']

['China', 'China']

['State', 'State']

null

1

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Political statement/report and indictment / sanctions; Political statement/report and indictment / sanctions

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

Li Xiaoyu/Oro01xy; Dong Jiazhi

China; China

State; State

null

['https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-258a']

System / ideology; International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 1

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-258a']

1,254

Russian APT29 targeted entities worldwide during the supply-chain cyber espionage campaign Solarwinds starting in 2019

The Russian government-linked hacking group "Cozy Bear" (aka APT29/The Dukes) and an unknown Hacker/ hacking group used the SolarWinds Supply Chain vulnerability to compromise multiple targets worldwide. Mandiant confirmed attribution statements made by the US government that the activity of the UNC2452 (aka Dark Halo) hacking group in the Solarwinds attack was conducted by the Russian-based espionage group, APT29. The Russian threat actors behind the SolarWinds attack appear to deploy a Nobelium infrastructure, which the Recorded Future Insikt Group calls SOLARDEFLECTION, and "encompasses command and control (C2) infrastructure." The Insikt Group issued a report on Nobelium in May 2022 that notes that they have "made extensive use of typosquat domains in SSL certificates and will likely continue to use deceptive techniques, including typosquat redirection, when using Cobalt Strike tooling."

2019-09-01

2021-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim; Incident disclosed by IT-security company; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

[[None], ['United States Department of State (DOS)'], ['United States Department of Justice (DOJ)'], ['United States Department of Energy (DOE)'], ['Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA; United States)'], ['United States Department of Treasury (USDT)'], ['United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'], ['United States Department of Defense (DOD)'], ['Not available'], ['Not available']]

['Global (region)', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'United States', 'EU (region)', 'United Kingdom']

[[], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['EU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Finance', 'Other social groups', '', '', ''], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Civil service / administration'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], [''], ['']]

['Cozy Bear/APT29/Dukes/Group 100/IRON HEMLOCK/NOBELIUM/UNC2452/Cozy Duke/YTTRIUM/G0016 (SVR)']

['Russia']

['State']

null

7

2021-04-15; 2021-04-15; 2021-02-23; 2021-02-23; 2021-01-05; 2022-04-27; 2020-12-13; 2021-04-15; 2021-04-15

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Domestic legal action; Domestic legal action; Domestic legal action; Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by receiver government / state entity; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; Attribution by receiver government / state entity; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by receiver government / state entity

Joe Biden (President, USA); Joe Biden (President, USA); Mandiant; Microsoft; Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG); Mandiant; Mandiant; Government of Canada; UK government

null

United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; Canada; United Kingdom

Cozy Bear/APT29/Dukes/Group 100/IRON HEMLOCK/NOBELIUM/UNC2452/Cozy Duke/YTTRIUM/G0016 (SVR); Cozy Bear/APT29/Dukes/Group 100/IRON HEMLOCK/NOBELIUM/UNC2452/Cozy Duke/YTTRIUM/G0016 (SVR); SVR; SVR; Not available; Cozy Bear/APT29/Dukes/Group 100/IRON HEMLOCK/NOBELIUM/UNC2452/Cozy Duke/YTTRIUM/G0016 (SVR); Not available; Cozy Bear/APT29/Dukes/Group 100/IRON HEMLOCK/NOBELIUM/UNC2452/Cozy Duke/YTTRIUM/G0016 (SVR); Cozy Bear/APT29/Dukes/Group 100/IRON HEMLOCK/NOBELIUM/UNC2452/Cozy Duke/YTTRIUM/G0016 (SVR)

Russia; Russia; Russia; Russia; Russia; Russia; Not available; Russia; Russia

State; State; State; State; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Unknown - not attributed; State; State

; ; ; ; Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); ; ; ;

['https://www.volexity.com/blog/2020/12/14/dark-halo-leverages-solarwinds-compromise-to-breach-organizations/', 'https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html', 'https://media.defense.gov/2021/Apr/15/2002621240/-1/-1/0/CSA_SVR_TARGETS_US_ALLIES_UOO13234021.PDF/CSA_SVR_TARGETS_US_ALLIES_UOO13234021.PDF', 'https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/unc2452-merged-into-apt29']

System / ideology; International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

7

2020-12-21; 2021-02-23; 2021-04-15; 2021-04-15; 2021-04-15; 2021-04-15; 2021-04-15

State Actors: Preventive measures; State Actors: Legislative reactions; State Actors: Stabilizing measures; EU: Stabilizing measures; International organizations: Stabilizing measures; State Actors: Stabilizing measures; State Actors: Stabilizing measures

Awareness raising; Parliamentary investigation committee; Statement by head of state/head of government; Declaration of HR; Statement by secretary-general or similar; Statement by minister of foreign affairs; Statement by head of state/head of government

United States; United States; United States; EU (region); NATO (region); Canada; United Kingdom

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); US Senate; Joe Biden (President, USA); High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP); North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Government of Canada; UK government

No

null

Supply Chain Compromise

Data Exfiltration

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Not available

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Medium

12

No system interference/disruption

Data corruption (deletion/altering) but no leaking of data, no data breach/exfiltration OR major data breach / exfiltration, but no data corruption and/or leaking of data

501-10000

0

21-50

0

Not available

0

euro

Direct (official members of state entities / agencies / units responsible)

Cyber espionage

null

Not available

1

2021-04-15 00:00:00

Peaceful means: Retorsion (International Law)

Economic sanctions

United States

US Department of the Treasury

Cyber espionage; Sovereignty

;

Countermeasures under international law justified (state-atttribution & breach of international law)

null

['https://cyberscoop.com/white-house-cybersecurity-strategy/', 'https://therecord.media/us-marshals-service-becomes-latest-law-enforcement-agency-hit-by-hackers/', 'https://therecord.media/treasury-department-hits-russian-disinformation-operators-with-sanctions/', 'https://twitter.com/DigitalPeaceNow/status/1630705797964390401', 'https://twitter.com/DigitalPeaceNow/status/1630705797964390401', 'https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/03/highlights-from-the-new-u-s-cybersecurity-strategy/', 'https://www.lawfareblog.com/biden-harris-administration-releases-new-national-cybersecurity-strategy', 'https://cyberscoop.com/easterly-cisa-budget-china-biden/', 'https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/3cx-supply-chain-attack', 'https://cyberscoop.com/3cx-hack-supply-chain-north-korea/', 'https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/automatic-officlal-updates-malicious-3cx-enterprises', 'https://socradar.io/learnworlds-users-at-risk-numerous-vulnerabilities-uncovered/', 'https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/04/06/devops-threat-matrix/', 'https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/russia-linked-hackers-launches.html', 'https://www.darkreading.com/operations/marlinspike-adds-charles-carmakal-to-its-advisory-board', 'https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russian-government-spies-are-behind-a-broad-hacking-campaign-that-has-breached-us-agencies-and-a-top-cyber-firm/2020/12/13/d5a53b88-3d7d-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html', 'https://www.volexity.com/blog/2020/12/14/dark-halo-leverages-solarwinds-compromise-to-breach-organizations/', 'https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html', 'https://media.defense.gov/2021/Apr/15/2002621240/-1/-1/0/CSA_SVR_TARGETS_US_ALLIES_UOO13234021.PDF/CSA_SVR_TARGETS_US_ALLIES_UOO13234021.PDF', 'https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-statement-solarwinds-cyberattack-trump-russia-2020-12#:~:text=President-elect%20Joe%20Biden%20released%20a%20strongly-worded%20statement%20Thursday%2C,still%20have%20not%20commented%20publicly%20on%20the%20attack.', 'https://www.govinfosecurity.com/feds-warn-healthcare-over-cobalt-strike-infections-a-20242', 'https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/unc2452-merged-into-apt29', 'https://www.recordedfuture.com/solardeflection-c2-infrastructure-used-by-nobelium-in-company-brand-misuse', 'https://www.businessinsider.com/cloud-software-firms-takeover-targets-acquisitions-rbc-analysts-2022-10', 'https://www.c-span.org/video/?509234-1/senate-intelligence-hearing-solarwinds-hacking', 'https://www.cisa.gov/news/2021/01/05/joint-statement-federal-bureau-investigation-fbi-cybersecurity-and-infrastructure', 'https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/15/fact-sheet-imposing-costs-for-harmful-foreign-activities-by-the-russian-government/', 'https://www.ic3.gov/Media/News/2020/201229.pdf', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nsa-shares-supply-chain-security-tips-for-software-suppliers/', 'https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55318815', 'https://therecord.media/solarwinds-hack-affected-six-eu-agencies/', 'https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/04/15/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-expressing-solidarity-with-the-united-states-on-the-impact-of-the-solarwinds-cyber-operation/', 'https://www.gov.uk/government/news/russia-uk-exposes-russian-involvement-in-solarwinds-cyber-compromise', 'https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/04/statement-on-solarwinds-cyber-compromise.html', 'https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_183168.htm', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/china-hacking-talent-xi-jinping-education-policies/', 'https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/advanced-cyberattackers-disruptive-hits-new-technologies', 'https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cobalt-strike-memory-analysis/', 'https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/security-done-right-infosec-wins-of-2022', 'https://twitter.com/780thC/status/1620378980758196226', 'https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/02/how-to-protect-your-business-from-supply-chain-attacks']

1,260

SectorE02 vs. Pakistani government

The hacking group SectorE02 targets the Pakistani government.

2019-03-01

2019-07-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Pakistan']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Intelligence agencies']]

['Sector E02 Group']

['South Asia (region)']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Sector E02 Group

South Asia (region)

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://redalert.nshc.net/2019/08/02/sectore02-updates-yty-framework-in-new-targeted-campaign-against-pakistan-government/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://redalert.nshc.net/2019/08/02/sectore02-updates-yty-framework-in-new-targeted-campaign-against-pakistan-government/']

1,261

National Revenue Agency hack

A Hacker steals data of millions of Bulgarians from the National Revenue Agency, a department of the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance.

2019-01-01

2019-07-15

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing

null

['Bulgaria']

[['EUROPE', 'BALKANS', 'NATO', 'EU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-steals-data-of-millions-of-bulgarians-emails-it-to-local-media/', 'https://www.dnevnik.bg/bulgaria/2019/07/15/3938760_demokratichna_bulgariia_iska_ostavkata_na_goranov/']

1,262

LAPD hack

The Los Angeles Personnel Deparment was hacked and thousands of personal information of police officers were stolen.

2019-07-01

2019-07-25

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim

Data theft

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/29/los-angeles-police-officer-data-breach', 'https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/lapd-police-officers-personal-information-stolen-data-breach/132477/']

1,263

North Louisiana school districs

The IT networks of three school districts in North Louisiana - Sabine, Morehouse, and Ouachita - experienced disruptions to varying degress as a result of a ransomware attack. The governor declared a state of emergency in response to the attack.

2019-07-21

2019-07-24

Attack on non-political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse; Ransomware

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Science']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Attribution given, type unclear

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Not available

Data Encrypted for Impact

Not available

true

Not available

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/louisiana-governor-declares-state-emergency-after-local-ransomware-outbreak/']

1,264

REvil carried out ransomware attacks targeting 23 local governments in Texas on 16 August 2019

REvil carried out ransomware attacks targeting 23 local governments in Texas on 16 August 2019, ZDNet first reported two days later based on an anonymous source. In a Jan. 24, 2023, interview for IT security firm Cybereason, Rich Murray, the head of the FBI's North Texas cyber unit, described exactly what happened on the afternoon of Aug. 16, 2019. Within the affected local governments in Texas, a water treatment facility and computer-aided dispatch systems for law enforcement, among others, were disrupted. Later that evening, investigating officials learned from a private organization that it was the ransomware group REvil. On November 8, 2021, based on the FBI's investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice filed charges against Yevegeniy Polyanin, a Russian national, for carrying out ransomware attacks on the Texas local governments. In addition, investigators seized $6.1 million in kyrptocurrency that Polyanin extorted in the course of ransomware attacks.

2019-08-16

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Disruption; Hijacking with Misuse; Ransomware

[['Local Texas Governments'], ['Not available']]

['United States', 'United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system'], []]

[['Civil service / administration'], []]

['Yevgeniy Polyanin --> REvil/ Sodinokibi']

['Russia']

['Non-state-group']

['Criminal(s)']

3

2021-11-08; 2019-08-18; 2019-08-16

Domestic legal action; Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.); Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Media-based attribution; Media-based attribution

US Department of Justice (DoJ); Not available; Not available

null

United States; Not available; Not available

Yevgeniy Polyanin --> REvil/ Sodinokibi; REvil; REvil

Russia; Not available; Not available

Non-state-group; Non-state-group; Non-state-group

Criminal(s); Criminal(s); Criminal(s)

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/at-least-20-texas-local-governments-hit-in-coordinated-ransomware-attack/', 'https://www.cybereason.com/blog/fbi-vs.-revil-ml-bside', 'https://dir.texas.gov/news/us-justice-department-announces-indictment-against-revil-ransomware-suspect-behind-2019']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

Supply Chain Compromise

Data Encrypted for Impact

Not available

true

Not available

Long-term disruption (> 24h; incident scores 2 points in intensity)

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Low

7

Days (< 7 days)

No data breach/exfiltration or data corruption (deletion/altering) and/or leaking of data

11-50

0

1-10

1

Not available

0

euro

None/Negligent

Sovereignty

null

Not available

1

2019-08-16 00:00:00

Proclamation of public emergency (national level)

null

United States

Texas Military Department

Other

null

Unfriendly acts/retorsions justified (missing state-attribution & breach ofinternational law OR state-attribution & missing breach of international law)

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/at-least-20-texas-local-governments-hit-in-coordinated-ransomware-attack/', 'https://www.cybereason.com/blog/fbi-vs.-revil-ml-bside', 'https://dir.texas.gov/news/us-justice-department-announces-indictment-against-revil-ransomware-suspect-behind-2019']

1,265

Fancy Bear hacks US Federal Agency

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group Fancy Bear penetrated the network systems of a yet unknown US Federal Agency and stole data from it.

2019-01-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Energy']]

['Fancy Bear/APT28/Sofacy/Pawn Storm/Group 74/Sednit/Tsar Team/STRONTIUM/Grizzly Steppe/SNAKEMACKEREL/IRON TWILIGHT/TG-4127/Group G0007 (GRU, 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) Military Unit 26165)', 'GRU']

['Russia', 'Russia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media; Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Fancy Bear/APT28/Sofacy/Pawn Storm/Group 74/Sednit/Tsar Team/STRONTIUM/Grizzly Steppe/SNAKEMACKEREL/IRON TWILIGHT/TG-4127/Group G0007 (GRU, 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) Military Unit 26165); GRU

Russia; Russia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.wired.com/story/russia-fancy-bear-us-hacking-campaign-government-energy/', 'https://www.wired.com/story/russias-fancy-bear-hack-us-federal-agency/']

International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.wired.com/story/russia-fancy-bear-us-hacking-campaign-government-energy/', 'https://www.wired.com/story/russias-fancy-bear-hack-us-federal-agency/', 'https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/analysis-reports/ar20-268a']

1,266

Double Dragon: Video Game Distributor (Supply-Chain)

Chinese state-sponsored hacking group APT41 injected a backdoor into a Southeast Asian video games distributor infecting the games Path of Exile, League of Legends and Fifa Online 3.

2014-12-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Southeast Asia (region)']

null

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) <\xa0Winnti Umbrella/G0044']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

FireEye

null

United States

APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) < Winnti Umbrella/G0044

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.mandiant.com/sites/default/files/2022-02/rt-apt41-dual-operation.pdf']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.ft.com/content/965ceffc-b8ea-11e9-8a88-aa6628ac896c', 'https://www.mandiant.com/sites/default/files/2022-02/rt-apt41-dual-operation.pdf']

1,259

KISMET

Government-linked Saudi and Emirati hacking groups compromised the mobile devices of Al Jazeera journalists in order to steal information.

2019-10-01

2020-08-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United Kingdom', 'Qatar']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC']]

[['Media'], ['Media']]

null

['MONARCHY', 'SNEAKY KESTREL']

['Saudi Arabia', 'United Arab Emirates']

['State', 'State']

null

1

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01; 2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party

null

MONARCHY; MONARCHY; SNEAKY KESTREL; SNEAKY KESTREL

Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates

State; State; State; State

null

['https://citizenlab.ca/2020/12/the-great-ipwn-journalists-hacked-with-suspected-nso-group-imessage-zero-click-exploit/']

International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 1

0

null

Yes

One

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000122676179/schwere-iphone-luecke-zur-spionage-gegen-dutzende-journalisten-genutzt', 'https://citizenlab.ca/2020/12/the-great-ipwn-journalists-hacked-with-suspected-nso-group-imessage-zero-click-exploit/']

1,268

Ferocious Kitten Domestic Surveillance

The previously unknown APT group Ferocious Kitten got discovered surveying persian-speaking individuals in Iran since 2015. Therefore it used lure content displaying images or videos of resistance or strikes against the Iranian regime, suggesting the surveillance is aimed at potential supporters of such movements.

2015-01-01

2021-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Social groups']]

[['Political opposition / dissidents / expats']]

['Ferocious Kitten']

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Ferocious Kitten

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://securelist.com/ferocious-kitten-6-years-of-covert-surveillance-in-iran/102806/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.securityweek.com/kaspersky-details-iranian-domestic-cyber-surveillance-operation', 'https://securelist.com/ferocious-kitten-6-years-of-covert-surveillance-in-iran/102806/']

1,269

Tetris

A security researcher calling himself Imp0rtp3 reports on the Chinese spy tool called Tetris used by a suspected Chinese government hacking group. Targets here were 58 websites, one of which is the New York Times site. It is believed that Chinese dissidents are the target.

2016-01-01

2021-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft

null

['China', 'United States']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'EASIA', 'NEA', 'SCO'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Social groups', 'Media'], ['Social groups', 'Media']]

[['Political opposition / dissidents / expats', ''], ['Political opposition / dissidents / expats', '']]

null

['China']

['State']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

China

State

null

['https://imp0rtp3.wordpress.com/2021/08/12/tetris/']

System / ideology; National power

System/ideology

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 1

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://iicybersecurity.wordpress.com/2021/08/20/tetris-chinese-governments-favorite-hacking-spying-tool-how-it-works-and-how-to-get-it/', 'https://therecord.media/chinese-espionage-tool-exploits-vulnerabilities-is-58-widely-used-websites/', 'https://imp0rtp3.wordpress.com/2021/08/12/tetris/']

1,270

Operation Harvest

McAfee's Advanced Threat Research Team discovered a malware attack that turned out to be a long-term espionage campaign. The company considers Chinese groups APT27 and APT41 the most likely actors for the attack.

2016-01-01

2021-03-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Unknown']

null

[['Unknown']]

null

['Emissary Panda/APT27/Lucky Mouse/BRONZE UNION/TEMP.Hippo/Group 35/TG-3390/Iron Tiger/ZipToken/G0027', 'APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) <\xa0Winnti Umbrella/G0044']

['China', 'China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)', 'Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2021-01-01; 2021-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Emissary Panda/APT27/Lucky Mouse/BRONZE UNION/TEMP.Hippo/Group 35/TG-3390/Iron Tiger/ZipToken/G0027; APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) < Winnti Umbrella/G0044

China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case); Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.trellix.com/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/threat-labs/operation-harvest-a-deep-dive-into-a-long-term-campaign.html']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://cyware.com/news/lets-talk-about-operation-harvest-2d9feff3/?web_view=true', 'https://www.inforisktoday.com/chinese-apt-data-harvesting-campaign-analyzed-a-17581', 'https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252506722/McAfee-discovers-Chinese-APT-campaign-Operation-Harvest', 'https://www.trellix.com/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/threat-labs/operation-harvest-a-deep-dive-into-a-long-term-campaign.html']

1,271

Russian state-sponsored hacked the internal network of Dutch police

Russian state-sponsored hacking groups breached the internal network of Dutch police in September 2017 in the cours of the country’s investigation of the MH-17 crash.

2017-09-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Hijacking without Misuse

null

['Netherlands']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police']]

['Cozy Bear/APT29/Dukes/Group 100/IRON HEMLOCK/NOBELIUM/UNC2452/Cozy Duke/YTTRIUM/G0016 (SVR)', 'Fancy Bear/APT28/Sofacy/Pawn Storm/Group 74/Sednit/Tsar Team/STRONTIUM/Grizzly Steppe/SNAKEMACKEREL/IRON TWILIGHT/TG-4127/Group G0007 (GRU, 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) Military Unit 26165)']

['Russia', 'Russia']

['State', 'State']

null

1

2021-01-01; 2021-01-01

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.); Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Contested attribution; Contested attribution

null

Cozy Bear/APT29/Dukes/Group 100/IRON HEMLOCK/NOBELIUM/UNC2452/Cozy Duke/YTTRIUM/G0016 (SVR); Fancy Bear/APT28/Sofacy/Pawn Storm/Group 74/Sednit/Tsar Team/STRONTIUM/Grizzly Steppe/SNAKEMACKEREL/IRON TWILIGHT/TG-4127/Group G0007 (GRU, 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) Military Unit 26165)

Russia; Russia

State; State

null

['https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/russen-zaten-ten-tijde-van-mh17-onderzoek-door-hack-diep-in-systemen-politie~b0e044e1/']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://therecord.media/russian-hackers-breached-dutch-police-systems-in-2017/', 'https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/russen-zaten-ten-tijde-van-mh17-onderzoek-door-hack-diep-in-systemen-politie~b0e044e1/']

1,272

BackdoorDiplomacy hacked diplomats primarily in Africa and the Middle East

Hacking group BackdoorDiplomacy attacks diplomats in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia.

2017-01-01

2000-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Europe (region)', 'Middle East (region)', 'Asia (region)', 'Africa']

null

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups']]

[['Government / ministries', '', 'Telecommunications', 'Other social groups'], ['Government / ministries', '', 'Telecommunications', 'Other social groups'], ['Government / ministries', '', 'Telecommunications', 'Other social groups'], ['Government / ministries', '', 'Telecommunications', 'Other social groups']]

['BackdoorDiplomacy/ CloudComputating']

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

BackdoorDiplomacy/ CloudComputating

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/deutsch/2021/06/11/backdoordiplomacy-von-quarian-zu-turian/', 'https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-new-hacking-group-has-a-nasty-surprise-for-african-middle-east-diplomats/']

1,273

DeadRinger

The three clusters Soft Cell, Naikon and APT27/Emissary Panda, which Cyberreason calls DeadRinger, joined forces to carry out cyberattacks against Southeast Asian telecommunications companies. The APTs are believed to be sponsored by the Chinese state. All three actors were active between 2017 and 2021 and overlapped in some targets and also in the timing of the attack.

2017-01-01

2021-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Southeast Asia (region)']

null

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Telecommunications']]

['Soft Cell', 'APT30/Naikon/G0013 (PLA, Unit 78020)']

['China', 'China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2021-01-01; 2021-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Soft Cell; APT30/Naikon/G0013 (PLA, Unit 78020)

China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.cybereason.com/blog/deadringer-exposing-chinese-threat-actors-targeting-major-telcos']

International power

Territory; Resources; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.securityweek.com/deadringer-three-pronged-attack-chinese-military-actors-against-major-telcos', 'https://www.zdnet.com/article/deadringer-chinese-apts-strike-major-telecommunications-companies/', 'https://www.cybereason.com/blog/deadringer-exposing-chinese-threat-actors-targeting-major-telcos']

1,274

Operation Ghostwriter: a Belarusian/Russian APT UNC1151 with links to the secret services stole and leaked information of various targets in Germany, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland until 2021

The European Council formally attributed responsibility to the Russian state in late September 2021 for the Ghostwriter campaign that has been ongoing since at least 2017, after Germany accused Russia of involvement in the cyber operation earlier that month. The campaign here primarily targeted government as well as press personnel in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, and since 2021, Germany. In Poland, the emails of Polish Chief of Chancellery Michal Dworczyk were published over many months in starting in June 2021, according to Dworczyk himself and other members of the government. The emails contained information on questionable government decisions. Michal Dworczyk resigned on 30 September 2022. The European Union already issued a Declaration by the High Representative in September 2021, condemning the Ghostwriter campaign.

2017-03-01

2021-06-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft & Doxing; Hijacking with Misuse

[['Michał Dworczyk (Chief of the Chancellery, Poland)'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available'], ['Not available']]

['Poland', 'Lithuania', 'Poland', 'Germany', 'Latvia']

[['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'EASTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Social groups', 'Media']]

[['Government / ministries'], ['Legislative', 'Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)', ''], ['Legislative', 'Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)', ''], ['Legislative', 'Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)', ''], ['Legislative', 'Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)', '']]

['UNC1151/ Ghostwriter']

['Russia']

['State']

null

5

2021-09-24; 2021-11-16; 2021-09-06; 2021-03-26; 2021-03-26; 2021-03-17

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Direct statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements by a person) / self-attribution via social media; Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.); Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by EU institution/agency; IT-security community attributes attacker; Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Media-based attribution; Media-based attribution; IT-security community attributes attacker

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP); Mandiant; Federal Government of Germany; Not available; Not available; FireEye

null

EU (region); United States; Germany; Germany; Germany; United States

UNC1151/ Ghostwriter; UNC1151/ Ghostwriter; UNC1151/ Ghostwriter; UNC1151/ Ghostwriter; GRU; UNC1151/ Ghostwriter

Russia; Belarus; Russia; Russia; Russia; Not available

State; State; State; State; State; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/russischer-hack-erneute-attacke-hack-auf-bundestag-sieben-abgeordnete-betroffen-a-75e1adbe-4462-4e30-bd94-96796aed6b8a', 'https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/blog/pdfs/unc1151-ghostwriter-update-report.pdf', 'https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/09/24/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-on-respect-for-the-eu-s-democratic-processes/', 'https://www.dw.com/en/germany-warns-russia-over-cyberattacks-ahead-of-election/a-59101191', 'https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/unc1151-linked-to-belarus-government', 'https://www.gov.pl/web/premier/oswiadczenie-wiceprezesa-rady-ministrow-przewodniczacego-komitetu-ds-bezpieczenstwa-narodowego-i-spraw-obronnych-jaroslawa-kaczynskiego2']

System / ideology; National power; International power

System/ideology; International power

EU, USA et. al – Russia; EU, USA et. al – Russia

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

4

2021-06-09; 2021-09-24; 2022-09-30; 2021-09-01

EU member states: Stabilizing measures; EU: Stabilizing measures; EU member states: Executive reactions; State Actors: Cooperative measures

Statement by other ministers/members of parliament; Declaration of HR; Resignation; Diplomatic protest notes

Poland; EU (region); Poland; Germany

Michał Dworczyk (Chief of Staff, POL); High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP); Michał Dworczyk (Chief of Staff, POL); Miguel Berger (State Secretary, DEU)

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

Not available

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/russischer-hack-erneute-attacke-hack-auf-bundestag-sieben-abgeordnete-betroffen-a-75e1adbe-4462-4e30-bd94-96796aed6b8a', 'https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/parliament-email-accounts-also-hacked-in-recent-cyber-attack-23025', 'https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/cyber-attack-polish-officials-came-russia-kaczynski-says-2021-06-18/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eu-officially-blames-russia-for-ghostwriter-hacking-activities/', 'https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/blog/pdfs/unc1151-ghostwriter-update-report.pdf', 'https://therecord.media/eu-formally-blames-russia-for-ghostwriter-hack-and-influence-operation/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/german-parliament-targeted-again-by-russian-state-hackers/', 'https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/09/24/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-on-respect-for-the-eu-s-democratic-processes/', 'https://www.dw.com/en/germany-warns-russia-over-cyberattacks-ahead-of-election/a-59101191', 'https://www.securityweek.com/poland-target-unprecedented-cyber-attacks-govt', 'https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/unc1151-linked-to-belarus-government', 'https://www.cyberscoop.com/unc1151-belarus-russia-influence-ops/', 'https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/hackerangriff-in-polen-mails-vom-falschen-konto-17394731.html', 'https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-poland-government-and-politics-6040a1a99cec0b3b0f76a7acbe52c790', 'https://polishnews.co.uk/michal-dworczyk-a-hacking-attack-on-an-e-mail-inbox-the-minister-issued-another-statement/', 'https://notesfrompoland.com/2021/06/09/polish-pms-chief-of-staff-confirms-his-email-account-hacked-after-documents-appear-on-telegram/', 'https://www.politico.eu/article/leaked-email-scandal-engulfs-poland-political-elite-mails-hacking/', 'https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/09/24/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-on-respect-for-the-eu-s-democratic-processes/', 'https://www.gov.pl/web/premier/oswiadczenie-wiceprezesa-rady-ministrow-przewodniczacego-komitetu-ds-bezpieczenstwa-narodowego-i-spraw-obronnych-jaroslawa-kaczynskiego2', 'https://twitter.com/michaldworczyk/status/1402390155877552129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1402390155877552129%7Ctwgr%5Eac4caa1372e3a3fd2e40d24b80a600ee5e66602c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnotesfrompoland.com%2F2021%2F06%2F09%2Fpolish-pms-chief-of-staff-confirms-his-email-account-hacked-after-documents-appear-on-telegram%2F', 'https://www.gov.pl/web/sluzby-specjalne/findings-regarding-hacker-attacks', 'https://www.statecraft.co.in/article/germany-accuses-russia-of-cyberattacks-and-disinformation-campaigns-ahead-of-election', 'https://www.gov.pl/web/sluzby-specjalne/atak-dezinformacyjny-na-polske', 'https://www.gov.pl/web/sluzby-specjalne/kolejny-atak-informacyjny-na-pl', 'https://www.gov.pl/web/premier/oswiadczenie-wiceprezesa-rady-ministrow-przewodniczacego-komitetu-ds-bezpieczenstwa-narodowego-i-spraw-obronnych-jaroslawa-kaczynskiego2', 'https://www.funkschau.de/sicherheit-datenschutz/generalbundesanwalt-ermittelt-nach-cyberangriffen-auf-abgeordnete.189623.html', 'https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1441433540512690177', 'https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/australia-stands-solidarity-eu-against-malicious-cyber-activity']

1,275

Double Dragon: ShadowPad (Supply Chain)

Chinese state-sponsored hacking group APT41 injected malicious code into a software update of Netsarang. In the end the hacking group compromised one further target in Hong Kong, as the early detection and the following release of a software update free of malicious code prevented the infection of hundreds of companies.

2017-07-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Korea, Republic of', 'Hong Kong']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA'], ['ASIA']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) <\xa0Winnti Umbrella/G0044']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) < Winnti Umbrella/G0044

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.mandiant.com/sites/default/files/2022-02/rt-apt41-dual-operation.pdf', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ESET_Winnti.pdf']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/2017_shadowpad-how-attackers-hide-backdoor-in-software-used-by-hundreds-of-large-companies-around-the-world', 'https://www.mandiant.com/sites/default/files/2022-02/rt-apt41-dual-operation.pdf', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ESET_Winnti.pdf', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-google-command-and-control-red-team-tool-in-attacks/']

1,276

Hornbill and Sunbird

Indian state-sponsored group hacked several targets during the India-Pakistan conflict.

2018-01-01

2021-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Pakistan', 'United Arab Emirates', 'India']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], ['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'End user(s) / specially protected groups'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'End user(s) / specially protected groups'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'End user(s) / specially protected groups']]

[['Military', 'Election infrastructure / related systems', ''], ['Military', 'Election infrastructure / related systems', ''], ['Military', 'Election infrastructure / related systems', '']]

['Confucius']

['India']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Confucius

India

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://de.lookout.com/blog/lookout-discovers-novel-confucius-apt-android-spyware-linked-to-india-pakistan-conflict']

Territory; International power

Territory; Resources; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 4

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pro-india-hackers-use-android-spyware-to-spy-on-pakistani-military/', 'https://de.lookout.com/blog/lookout-discovers-novel-confucius-apt-android-spyware-linked-to-india-pakistan-conflict']

1,277

Operation GhostShell

While investigating Operation GhostShell, which targeted the aerospace and telecommunications sectors in the Middle East, Europe, Russia, and the U.S., Cybereason found a new RAT called ShellClient and the previously unknown threat actor MalKamak. The group is attributed to Iran and also has possible ties to state-sponsored groups.

2018-01-01

2000-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States', 'Russia', 'Europe (region)', 'Middle East (region)']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO'], [], []]

[['Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['Transportation', 'Telecommunications'], ['Transportation', 'Telecommunications'], ['Transportation', 'Telecommunications'], ['Transportation', 'Telecommunications']]

['MalKamak']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

MalKamak

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.cybereason.com/blog/research/operation-ghostshell-novel-rat-targets-global-aerospace-and-telecoms-firms']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-use-stealthy-shellclient-malware-on-aerospace-telco-firms/', 'https://www.securityweek.com/iran-linked-malkamak-hackers-targeting-aerospace-telcos-shellclient-rat', 'https://www.cybereason.com/blog/research/operation-ghostshell-novel-rat-targets-global-aerospace-and-telecoms-firms']

1,278

Out to Sea

IT-Researchers from ESET combined several previously discovered cyber-operations into the iranian cyber-espionage campaign "Out to Sea". The previously discovered cyber-operations were attributed to other groups at the time, namely Lyceum and Siamesekitten. IT-Reaseachers from ESET put these supposedly different groups together and attribute them to the known iranian state-sponsored hacking group OilRig. The last part of the cyber-campaign from September to December 2021 used an improved backdoor called Marlin.

2018-04-01

2021-12-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Israel', 'Tunisia', 'United Arab Emirates', 'Middle East (region)', 'South Africa', 'Morocco', 'Saudi Arabia']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['AFRICA', 'NAF', 'MENA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], [], ['AFRICA', 'SSA'], ['AFRICA', 'NAF', 'MENA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Telecommunications', ''], ['', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Telecommunications', ''], ['', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Telecommunications', ''], ['', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Telecommunications', ''], ['', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Telecommunications', ''], ['', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Telecommunications', ''], ['', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Telecommunications', '']]

['OilRig/APT34/Cobalt Gypsy/Helix Kitten/Crambus/G0049']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2022-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

OilRig/APT34/Cobalt Gypsy/Helix Kitten/Crambus/G0049

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/eset_threat_report_t32021.pdf']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://malware.news/t/deep-dive-into-the-lyceum-danbot-malware/36216', 'https://www.databreachtoday.com/threat-actor-adds-new-marlin-backdoor-to-its-arsenal-a-18524', 'https://www.secureworks.com/blog/lyceum-takes-center-stage-in-middle-east-campaign', 'https://securelist.com/lyceum-group-reborn/104586/', 'https://www.accenture.com/us-en/blogs/cyber-defense/iran-based-lyceum-campaigns', 'https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Siamesekitten.pdf', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/eset_threat_report_t32021.pdf']

1,279

Double Dragon: Crackshot backdoor (Supply-Chain)

Chinese state-sponsored hacking group APT41 injected a backdoor into a Southeast and Eastasian video game developer.

2018-07-01

2000-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Southeast Asia (region)', 'Eastern Asia (region)']

null

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) <\xa0Winnti Umbrella/G0044']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) < Winnti Umbrella/G0044

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.mandiant.com/sites/default/files/2022-02/rt-apt41-dual-operation.pdf']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://www.mandiant.com/sites/default/files/2022-02/rt-apt41-dual-operation.pdf']

1,280

xHunt

New campaign by xHunt targets Kuwaiti government in using two backdoors.

2019-09-01

2020-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking without Misuse

null

['Kuwait']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['xHunt/ Hive0081']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2019-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

xHunt/ Hive0081

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/94724/malware/iran-zerocleare-wiper-attacks.html', 'https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/more-xhunt-new-powershell-backdoor-blocked-through-dns-tunnel-detection/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/110644/apt/xhunt-attackers-hit-microsoft-exchange.html', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/94724/malware/iran-zerocleare-wiper-attacks.html', 'https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/more-xhunt-new-powershell-backdoor-blocked-through-dns-tunnel-detection/']

1,281

Dark Caracal II

Dark Caracal, a Lebanese cyberespionage group, attacks multiple industries in several countries.

2019-01-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking without Misuse

null

['Singapore', 'Cyprus', 'Chile', 'Italy', 'United States', 'Turkey', 'Switzerland', 'India', 'Germany']

[['ASIA'], ['EUROPE', 'EU', 'MEA'], ['SOUTHAM'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA'], ['EUROPE', 'WESTEU'], ['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Food', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Food', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Food', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Food', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Food', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Food', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Food', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Food', 'Finance'], ['Government / ministries', 'Judiciary', 'Energy', 'Health', 'Food', 'Finance']]

['Dark Caracal', 'General Security Directorate']

['Lebanon', 'Lebanon']

['State', 'Non-state-group', 'State', 'Non-state-group']

['', 'Terrorist(s)', '', 'Terrorist(s)']

1

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01; 2020-01-01; 2020-01-01; 2020-01-01; 2020-01-01; 2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Dark Caracal; Dark Caracal; Dark Caracal; Dark Caracal; General Security Directorate; General Security Directorate; General Security Directorate; General Security Directorate

Lebanon; Lebanon; Lebanon; Lebanon; Lebanon; Lebanon; Lebanon; Lebanon

State; State; Non-state-group; Non-state-group; State; State; Non-state-group; Non-state-group

; Terrorist(s); ; Terrorist(s); ; Terrorist(s); ; Terrorist(s)

['https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/bandook-signed-delivered/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/111617/apt/dark-caracal-still-active.html', 'https://www.scmagazine.com/news/security-news/bandook-malware-found-targeting-unusually-wide-variety-of-industries-regions', 'https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/bandook-signed-delivered/']

1,282

Arid Viper: Phenakite

Arid Viper attackes government officials, student groups, and security forces.

2019-08-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Palestine']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Social groups']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Military', 'Political parties', 'Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)']]

['Arid Viper/ Desert Falcon/ APT-C-23', 'Hamas']

['Palestine', 'Palestine']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2021-01-01; 2021-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by third-party; Attribution by third-party

null

Arid Viper/ Desert Falcon/ APT-C-23; Hamas

Palestine; Palestine

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Technical-threat-report-Arid-Viper-April-2021.pdf']

Subnational predominance

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-uncovers-palestinian-government-officials-targeted-with-malware/', 'https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Technical-threat-report-Arid-Viper-April-2021.pdf']

1,283

Belgian interior ministry hack

The Belgian interior ministry was hacked in April 2019 by an unknown hacker group.

2019-04-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Belgium']

[['EUROPE', 'EU', 'NATO', 'WESTEU']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.ibz.be/fr/system/files/attachments/press/press-kit/cp-spf-ibz.pdf', 'https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20210525_96103510', 'https://www.tijd.be/politiek-economie/belgie/federaal/binnenlandse-zaken-twee-jaar-lang-ongemerkt-gehackt/10308489.html', 'https://therecord.media/belgium-government-discovers-old-2019-hack-during-hafnium-investigation/']

1,284

Fancy Bear Global Brute Force

From 2019 to 2021, Fancy Bear conducted a global brute force campaign targeting the government and private sector.

2019-01-01

2021-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Global (region)', 'United States', 'Europe (region)']

[[], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], []]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'Science'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Social groups', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)', 'Media', 'Science']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', 'Other social groups', '', '', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', 'Other social groups', '', '', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Energy', 'Transportation', 'Defence industry', 'Other social groups', '', '', '']]

['Fancy Bear/APT28/Sofacy/Pawn Storm/Group 74/Sednit/Tsar Team/STRONTIUM/Grizzly Steppe/SNAKEMACKEREL/IRON TWILIGHT/TG-4127/Group G0007 (GRU, 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) Military Unit 26165)']

['Russia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

Fancy Bear/APT28/Sofacy/Pawn Storm/Group 74/Sednit/Tsar Team/STRONTIUM/Grizzly Steppe/SNAKEMACKEREL/IRON TWILIGHT/TG-4127/Group G0007 (GRU, 85th Main Special Service Center (GTsSS) Military Unit 26165)

Russia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/01/2002753896/-1/-1/0/CSA_GRU_GLOBAL_BRUTE_FORCE_CAMPAIGN_UOO158036-21.PDF']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nsa-russian-gru-hackers-use-kubernetes-to-run-brute-force-attacks/', 'https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/01/2002753896/-1/-1/0/CSA_GRU_GLOBAL_BRUTE_FORCE_CAMPAIGN_UOO158036-21.PDF']

1,285

FamousSparrow

The new cyber espionage group FamousSparrow, active since at least 2019, exploited the already known ProxyLogon vulnerability in early March 2021. The group's main targets are hotels in particular, but also government organizations, engineering firms, as well as law firms worldwide.

2019-08-01

2000-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Brazil', 'Burkina Faso', 'South Africa', 'Canada', 'Israel', 'France', 'Guatemala', 'Lithuania', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Taiwan']

[['SOUTHAM'], ['AFRICA', 'SSA'], ['AFRICA', 'SSA'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'WESTEU'], ['CENTAM'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], ['ASIA', 'SCS']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', '']]

['FamousSparrow']

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

FamousSparrow

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/2021/09/23/famoussparrow-suspicious-hotel-guest/']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://threatpost.com/famoussparrow-spy-hotels-governments/174948/', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacking-group-used-proxylogon-exploits-to-breach-hotels-worldwide/', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/2021/09/23/famoussparrow-suspicious-hotel-guest/']

1,231

Fake Interview

Charming Kitten tried to gain information about academics and their accounts by impersonating as journalists

2019-11-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States', 'United Kingdom', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Europe (region)']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA', 'GULFC'], []]

[['Media', 'Science'], ['Media', 'Science'], ['Media', 'Science'], ['Media', 'Science']]

null

['Charming Kitten/NEWSCASTER/APT35/Phosphorus/NewsBeef/Group 83/TA453/G0059']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Charming Kitten/NEWSCASTER/APT35/Phosphorus/NewsBeef/Group 83/TA453/G0059

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

[]

System / ideology; International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://blog.certfa.com/posts/fake-interview-the-new-activity-of-charming-kitten/']

1,287

Pipemon (Supply Chain)

Chinese state-sponsored hacking group APT41 injected malicious code into the game executables of video gaming companies based in South Korea and Taiwan.

2019-01-01

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Korea, Republic of', 'Taiwan']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'NEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) <\xa0Winnti Umbrella/G0044']

['China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

['Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

APT41/BARIUM/Wicked Panda/G0096 (Chengdu 404 Network Technology) < Winnti Umbrella/G0044

China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/deutsch/2020/05/21/winnti-pipemon/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

2

Moderate - high political importance

2

null

0

null

['https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/103612/malware/winnti-pipemon-backdoor.html', 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/deutsch/2020/05/21/winnti-pipemon/']

1,288

WIRTE Middle East

Kaspersky attributed a hacking campaign, targeting especially government and diplomatic entities, in the Middle East to WIRTE. Furthermore it assesses with low confidence that WIRTE is associated with the Gaza Cybergang, which is a palestinian non-state hacking group affiliated with Hamas.

2019-12-01

2000-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Armenia', 'Cyprus', 'Egypt', 'Jordan', 'Lebanon', 'Palestine', 'Syria', 'Turkey']

[['ASIA', 'CENTAS', 'CSTO'], ['EUROPE', 'EU', 'MEA'], ['MENA', 'MEA', 'AFRICA', 'NAF'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA'], ['ASIA', 'NATO', 'MEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Military', '', 'Finance', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Military', '', 'Finance', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Military', '', 'Finance', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Military', '', 'Finance', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Military', '', 'Finance', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Military', '', 'Finance', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Military', '', 'Finance', ''], ['Government / ministries', 'Military', '', 'Finance', '']]

['Wirte', 'Gaza Cybergang']

['Unknown', 'Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed', 'Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2021-01-01; 2021-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Wirte; Gaza Cybergang

Unknown; Unknown

Unknown - not attributed; Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://securelist.com/wirtes-campaign-in-the-middle-east-living-off-the-land-since-at-least-2019/105044/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stealthy-wirte-hackers-target-governments-in-the-middle-east/', 'https://securelist.com/wirtes-campaign-in-the-middle-east-living-off-the-land-since-at-least-2019/105044/']

1,289

GCHQ disrupts russian anti-vaccine propaganda

UK answers Russian anti-vaccine propaganda through an offensive cyb-eroperation.

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source)

Disruption

null

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

null

['GCHQ']

['United Kingdom']

['State']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Anonymous statement in media report (e.g., Reuters article cites the attribution statements of unnamed officials, or persons with knowledge into the matter etc.)

Media-based attribution

null

GCHQ

United Kingdom

State

null

['https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/09/gchq_hacks_russia_vaccine_disinfo/']

System / ideology; International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gchq-in-cyberwar-on-anti-vaccine-propaganda-mcjgjhmb2', 'https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/09/gchq_hacks_russia_vaccine_disinfo/']

1,290

Anonymous takes down website of the Police Uganda

Uganda Police has been attacked by Anonymous hacktivists in the cours of protests after the arrest of pop star Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine.

2020-11-20

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Uganda']

[['AFRICA', 'SSA']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Police']]

['Anonymous']

['Unknown']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anonymous

Unknown

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/anonymous-hacks-uganda-police/']

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://redpepper.co.ug/2020/11/cyber-attacks-anonymous-hack-uganda-police-website-in-wake-of-bobi-wine-city-riots/', 'https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/anonymous-hacks-uganda-police/']

1,291

Russian state-sponsored threat actors exploit VMware vulnerability

Russian state-sponsored actors use vulnerabilities to steal sensitive information.

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by third-party-actor (e.g., Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, whistleblowers) or authorities of another state; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Unknown']

null

[['Unknown']]

null

['Russia']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

Russia

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://media.defense.gov/2020/Dec/07/2002547071/-1/-1/0/CSA_VMWARE%20ACCESS_U_OO_195076_20.PDF']

International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/12/nsa-says-russian-state-hackers-are-using-a-vmware-flaw-to-ransack-networks/', 'https://media.defense.gov/2020/Dec/07/2002547071/-1/-1/0/CSA_VMWARE%20ACCESS_U_OO_195076_20.PDF']

1,292

SignSight

Private companies and government agencies in Vietnam and Philippines attacked during "Operation SignSight".

2020-07-23

2020-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Hijacking without Misuse

null

['Vietnam', 'Philippines']

[['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', ''], ['Government / ministries', '']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/12/17/operation-signsight-supply-chain-attack-southeast-asia/', 'https://www.zdnet.com/article/vietnam-targeted-in-complex-supply-chain-attack/']

1,293

Israel vs. Iran: Aerospace industries

Iranian ransomware group Pay2Key claims to have hacked the biggest Israeli airpower defense corporation, named Israel Aerospace Industries.

2020-12-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Defence industry']]

['Fox Kitten/Parasite/PIONEER KITTEN/UNC757/G0117', 'Fox Kitten/Parasite/PIONEER KITTEN/UNC757/G0117']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

2

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

IT-security community attributes attacker; Attacker confirms

null

Fox Kitten/Parasite/PIONEER KITTEN/UNC757/G0117; Fox Kitten/Parasite/PIONEER KITTEN/UNC757/G0117

Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

; Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.clearskysec.com/pay2kitten/']

System / ideology; International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/suspected-iranian-cyberattack-targets-israel-aerospace-industries-652731', 'https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-linked-group-claims-to-hack-israeli-defense-firm-releases-employee-data/', 'https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/.premium-iranian-hackers-hit-israel-aerospace-industries-leak-data-as-cyberattack-continues-1.9387283', 'https://www.clearskysec.com/pay2kitten/']

1,294

Turkish group attacks European Court of Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights has been attacked by Turkish hacktivists after publishing a ruling about the situation of Selahattin Demirtaş, who belongs to the Turkish opposition and has been inprisoned in 2016.

2020-12-23

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by victim; Incident disclosed by attacker

Disruption

null

['Unknown']

null

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Judiciary']]

['Anka Neferler Timi ']

['Turkey']

['Non-state-group']

['Hacktivist(s)']

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

Anka Neferler Timi

Turkey

Non-state-group

Hacktivist(s)

['https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-23/europe-s-human-rights-court-hit-by-cyberattack-after-turkey-case?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business']

System / ideology; National power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

true

none

Short-term disruption (< 24h; incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.promoteukraine.org/europes-human-rights-court-hit-by-cyberattack-after-turkey-case/', 'https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre-press#{%22itemid%22:[%22003-6894460-9254005%22]}', 'https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cyberattack-on-european-court-of/', 'https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-23/europe-s-human-rights-court-hit-by-cyberattack-after-turkey-case?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business']

1,295

Israel vs. Iran: Portnox

Iranian ransomware group Pay2Key claims to have stolen data from the Israeli cyber security company Portnox.

2020-12-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Israel']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

null

['Fox Kitten/Parasite/PIONEER KITTEN/UNC757/G0117', 'Fox Kitten/Parasite/PIONEER KITTEN/UNC757/G0117']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of', 'Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

2

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

IT-security community attributes attacker; Attacker confirms

null

Fox Kitten/Parasite/PIONEER KITTEN/UNC757/G0117; Fox Kitten/Parasite/PIONEER KITTEN/UNC757/G0117

Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

; Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)

['https://www.clearskysec.com/pay2kitten/']

System / ideology; International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/iran-linked-hacking-group-infiltrates-israeli-cyber-security-firm', 'https://old.iranintl.com/en/iran-in-brief/iran-linked-group-says-it-hacked-israeli-cyber-security-company', 'https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-linked-hackers-say-they-breached-israeli-cyber-security-firm-portnox/', 'https://www.clearskysec.com/pay2kitten/']

1,296

Lazarus COVID-19-Campaign: Pharmaceutical Company

North Korean actor Lazarus Group targeted a pharmaceutical company in the course of a COVID-19-themed campaign.

2020-09-25

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking without Misuse

null

['Unknown']

null

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Health']]

['Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://securelist.com/lazarus-covets-covid-19-related-intelligence/99906/']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-state-hackers-breach-covid-19-research-entities/', 'https://securelist.com/lazarus-covets-covid-19-related-intelligence/99906/']

1,297

Lazarus COVID-19-Campaign: Health Ministry

North Korean actor Lazarus Group targeted a pharmaceutical company in the course of a COVID-19-themed campaign.

2020-10-27

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Hijacking without Misuse

null

['Unknown']

null

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

['Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://securelist.com/lazarus-covets-covid-19-related-intelligence/99906/']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

none

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

1

null

0

null

['https://securelist.com/lazarus-covets-covid-19-related-intelligence/99906/']

1,298

Hack against Hezbollah's Al-Qard Al-Hassan financial organization

Hezbollah's Al-Qard Al-Hassan financial organization was hacked by SpiderZ, of whom the country of origin is unknown.

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

null

Incident disclosed by media (without further information on source); Incident disclosed by attacker

Data theft & Doxing; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Lebanon']

[['ASIA', 'MENA', 'MEA']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Finance']]

['SpiderZ']

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2020-01-01 00:00:00

Self-attribution in the course of the attack (e.g., via defacement statements on websites)

Attacker confirms

null

SpiderZ

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_qW-z73D8']

System / ideology

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/hezbollah-affiliated-financial-org-hacked-information-leaked-653690', 'https://www.the961.com/hezbollah-al-qard-al-hassan-hack/', 'https://daraj.com/en/66163/', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_qW-z73D8']

1,299

ThreatNeedle: Defense Industries

Since early 2020 Lazarus has attacked defense industries using a custom backdoor named ThreatNeedle.

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Unknown']

null

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Defence industry']]

['Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)']

["Korea, Democratic People's Republic of"]

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Lazarus Group/Labyrinth Chollima/HIDDEN COBRA/Guardians of Peace/ZINC/NICKEL ACADEMY/NewRomanic Cyber Army Team/Whois Hacking Team/Appleworm/Group 77/G0032 (Reconnaissance General Bureau, Bureau 121, Unit 180, Lab 110)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://usa.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/2021_kaspersky-finds-lazarus-apt-targeting-the-defense-industry', 'https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/publications/reports/2021/02/25/lazarus-targets-defense-industry-with-threatneedle/']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-target-defense-industry-with-custom-malware/', 'https://usa.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/2021_kaspersky-finds-lazarus-apt-targeting-the-defense-industry', 'https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/publications/reports/2021/02/25/lazarus-targets-defense-industry-with-threatneedle/']

1,300

Pulse Secure VPN: UNC2630

Chinese state-sponsored groups UNC2630 and APT5 attacked targets in the US and Europe, focused on US Defense Industrial base (DIB) networks.

2020-08-01

2021-03-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States', 'Europe (region)']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], []]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Finance', 'Defence industry'], ['Government / ministries', 'Finance', 'Defence industry']]

['UNC2630', 'APT5']

['China', 'China']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested', 'Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2021-01-01; 2021-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

UNC2630; APT5

China; China

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested; Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.mandiant.com/resources/suspected-apt-actors-leverage-bypass-techniques-pulse-secure-zero-day', 'https://therecord.media/chinese-hackers-use-new-pulse-secure-vpn-zero-day-to-breach-us-defense-contractors/']

International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

Yes

One

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.mandiant.com/resources/suspected-apt-actors-leverage-bypass-techniques-pulse-secure-zero-day', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pulse-secure-vpn-zero-day-used-to-hack-defense-firms-govt-orgs/', 'https://therecord.media/chinese-hackers-use-new-pulse-secure-vpn-zero-day-to-breach-us-defense-contractors/', 'https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/citrix-adc-gateway-users-race-against-hackers-patch-critical-flaw']

1,301

Pulse Secure VPN: UNC2717

UNC2717 attacked targets in the US and Europe, focused on US Defense Industrial base (DIB) networks.

2020-10-01

2021-03-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States', 'Europe (region)']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], []]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure'], ['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Critical infrastructure']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Finance', 'Defence industry'], ['Government / ministries', 'Finance', 'Defence industry']]

['UNC2717']

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

UNC2717

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://www.mandiant.com/resources/suspected-apt-actors-leverage-bypass-techniques-pulse-secure-zero-day', 'https://therecord.media/chinese-hackers-use-new-pulse-secure-vpn-zero-day-to-breach-us-defense-contractors/']

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

Yes

One

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.mandiant.com/resources/suspected-apt-actors-leverage-bypass-techniques-pulse-secure-zero-day', 'https://therecord.media/chinese-hackers-use-new-pulse-secure-vpn-zero-day-to-breach-us-defense-contractors/']

1,302

Foreign hack on Russian federal executive

Russian government reveals attacks against government bodies by foreign hackers in 2020

2020-01-01

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies); Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company; Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Russia']

[['EUROPE', 'EASTEU', 'CSTO', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries']]

null

['Unknown']

['State']

null

2

2021-01-01; 2021-01-01

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF); Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Unknown; Unknown

State; State

null

['https://rt-solar.ru/upload/iblock/53e/Otchet-Solar-JSOC-ob-issledovanii-serii-kiberatak-na-organy-gosudarstvennoy-vlasti-RF-_-web.pdf', 'https://www.reuters.com/technology/russias-fsb-reports-unprecedented-hacking-campaign-aimed-government-agencies-2021-05-26/']

International power

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://therecord.media/fsb-nktski-foreign-cyber-mercenaries-breached-russian-federal-agencies/', 'https://rt-solar.ru/upload/iblock/53e/Otchet-Solar-JSOC-ob-issledovanii-serii-kiberatak-na-organy-gosudarstvennoy-vlasti-RF-_-web.pdf', 'https://www.reuters.com/technology/russias-fsb-reports-unprecedented-hacking-campaign-aimed-government-agencies-2021-05-26/']

1,303

SideCopy's new custom trojans vs. Indian government personnel and military

SideCopy is using four new custom RAT families and two additional commodity RATs to target government personnel and military in India.

2020-01-01

2021-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals; Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated ;

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['India']

[['ASIA', 'SASIA', 'SCO']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries', 'Military']]

['SideCopy']

['Pakistan']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

SideCopy

Pakistan

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

International power

Territory; Resources; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.zdnet.com/article/sidecopy-cybercriminals-use-custom-trojans-in-india-attacks/', 'https://cyware.com/news/operation-sidecopy-targets-defense-forces-in-india-211170f6', 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/talos-intelligence-site/production/document_files/files/000/095/591/original/062521_SideCopy_%281%29.pdf?1625657388']

1,304

LuminousMoth

Kaspersky published a report on an ongoing cyber campaign against Southeast Asian countries that began in October 2020, with Myanmar and later the Philippines as the main targets of the attacks. Kaspersky names the initiators as LuminousMoth, which the IT firm links to the Chinese hacking group HoneyMyte.

2020-10-01

2000-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Southeast Asia (region)', 'Myanmar', 'Philippines']

[[], ['ASIA', 'SEA'], ['ASIA', 'SCS', 'SEA']]

[['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system'], ['State institutions / political system']]

[['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries'], ['Government / ministries']]

['LuminousMoth']

['China']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

LuminousMoth

China

Unknown - not attributed

null

['https://securelist.com/apt-luminousmoth/103332/']

International power

Territory; Resources; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 3

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-cyberspies-wide-scale-apt-campaign-hits-asian-govt-entities/', 'https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/120105/hacking/china-luminousmoth-apt-campaign.html', 'https://securelist.com/apt-luminousmoth/103332/']

1,305

TA456's persona "Marcella Flores"

Since at least 2019, the Iranian state-backed hacking group TA456 has been sending malware on social media by using a fake persona called "Marcella Flores." The campaign particularly targeted U.S. aerospace defense contractors in order to obtain sensitive data from victims.

2020-01-01

2021-07-15

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by IT-security company

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['Critical infrastructure']]

[['Defence industry']]

['Tortoiseshell/Imperial Kitten']

['Iran, Islamic Republic of']

['Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested']

null

1

2021-01-01 00:00:00

Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)

IT-security community attributes attacker

null

Tortoiseshell/Imperial Kitten

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested

null

['https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/i-knew-you-were-trouble-ta456-targets-defense-contractor-alluring-social-media']

International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: sensitive information (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

4

Moderate - high political importance

4

null

0

null

['https://wired.me/technology/security/iranian-hackers-invent-flirty-persona-to-target-us-defense-contractors/', 'https://www.zdnet.com/article/these-hackers-posed-as-an-aerobics-instructor-online-to-trick-their-targets-into-downloading-malware/', 'https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/i-knew-you-were-trouble-ta456-targets-defense-contractor-alluring-social-media']

1,306

Hacked Pulse Secure devises

CISA issued a report warning about malware found on Pulse Secure devises. The threat actor is still unknown, but has been active since at least June 2020 and targets U.S. government agencies, critical infrastructure entities, and other private sector organizations.

2020-06-01

2021-01-01

Attack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicized

null

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Hijacking without Misuse

null

['United States']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM']]

[['State institutions / political system', 'Critical infrastructure', 'Corporate Targets (corporate targets only coded if the respective company is not part of the critical infrastructure definition)']]

[['Government / ministries', '', '']]

null

['Unknown']

['Unknown - not attributed']

null

1

null

Media-based attribution

null

Unknown

Unknown - not attributed

null

[]

Unknown

null

Unknown

null

0

null

Yes

One

null

false

none

Hijacking, not used - empowerment (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

1

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

['https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa21-110a', 'https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-stealthy-malware-found-on-hacked-pulse-secure-devices/', 'https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-details-malware-used-attacks-targeting-pulse-secure-devices']

1,307

Wellmess/WellMail - 2020

The Russian hacking group APT29 continues to use a malware called WellMess to attack research facilities for COVID-19 vaccines, although in 2020 the malware was already attributed to APT by the U.S., U.K. and Canada.

2020-01-01

2021-01-01

Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals

Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated

Incident disclosed by authorities of victim state

Data theft; Hijacking with Misuse

null

['Canada', 'United States', 'United Kingdom']

[['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['NATO', 'NORTHAM'], ['EUROPE', 'NATO', 'EU', 'NORTHEU']]

[['Critical infrastructure', 'Science'], ['Critical infrastructure', 'Science'], ['Critical infrastructure', 'Science']]

[['Health', ''], ['Health', ''], ['Health', '']]

['Cozy Bear/APT29/Dukes/Group 100/IRON HEMLOCK/NOBELIUM/UNC2452/Cozy Duke/YTTRIUM/G0016 (SVR)', 'SVR']

['Russia', 'Russia']

['State', 'State']

null

1

2020-01-01; 2020-01-01

Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites); Political statement / report (e.g., on government / state agency websites)

Attribution by receiver government / state entity; Attribution by receiver government / state entity

null

Cozy Bear/APT29/Dukes/Group 100/IRON HEMLOCK/NOBELIUM/UNC2452/Cozy Duke/YTTRIUM/G0016 (SVR); SVR

Russia; Russia

State; State

null

['https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/files/Advisory-APT29-targets-COVID-19-vaccine-development-V1-1.pdf']

International power

System/ideology; International power

null

Yes / HIIK intensity

HIIK 2

0

null

No

null

false

For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)

none

Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)

none

3

Moderate - high political importance

3

null

0

null

0

null

0

null

0

euro

null

0

null

['https://www.securityweek.com/russias-apt29-still-actively-delivering-malware-used-covid-19-vaccine-spying', 'https://www.riskiq.com/blog/external-threat-management/apt29-bear-tracks/', 'https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/files/Advisory%20Further%20TTPs%20associated%20with%20SVR%20cyber%20actors.pdf', 'https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/files/Advisory-APT29-targets-COVID-19-vaccine-development-V1-1.pdf']