Cybersecurity incident — 2020-07-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME)
Affected country: Italy
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: RedDelta
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: China

The Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) has been hacked by RedDelta, a Chinese-state sponsored threat actor. The network intrusion was part of a campaign that occurred ahead of the anticipated September 2020 renewal of the China-Vatican provisional agreement.