Cybersecurity incident — 2020-05-19 00:00:00
Affected organization: Three telecom companies in Pakistan
Affected country: Pakistan
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Greenbug
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)

The Greenbug group has used off-the-shelf tools and living-off-the-land techniques to gain access to South Asian telecommunication providers' database servers, including at least three Pakistani telecom companies.