Cybersecurity incident — 2020-03-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: Ministry of Nature Protection and Natural Resources of the Republic of Artsakh (mnp.nkr.am)
Affected country: Armenia
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: FSB 18th Center for Information Security (Berserk Bear)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation

The Russian threat actor Turla compromised four Armenian websites, including the website of the Ministry of Nature Protection and Natural Reosurces of the Republic of Artsakh, to use in a strategic web compromise/watering-hole attack.