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Kaspersky Lab Identifies Cyber-Espionage Campaign "Red October"

Campaign has been targeting diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organisations in several countries.

January 15, 2013 / 14:00 IST
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Kaspersky Lab published a new research report which identified an elusive cyber-espionage campaign targeting diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organisations in several countries for at least five years. The primary focus of this campaign targets countries in Eastern Europe, former USSR Republics, and countries in Central Asia, although victims can be found everywhere, including Western Europe and North America. The main objective of the attackers was to gather sensitive documents from the compromised organisations, which included geopolitical intelligence, credentials to access classified computer systems, and data from personal mobile devices and network equipment. Click here for full story

first published: Jan 15, 2013 01:45 pm

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