📚 Industrial Espionage Hackers Targeted Companies in More than 130 Countries

Since March 2015, a well-organized cyber-crime syndicate has targeted more than 130 companies in over 30 countries for the purpose of industrial espionage. The vast majority of the victims are small to medium companies (30-300 employees) activating in the industrial sector. According to cyber-security vendor Kaspersky Lab, the group, which they named Operation Ghoul, intensified operations during June 2016, and more specifically, between June 8 and 27. Attacks were aimed at companies in the industrial sector The majority of targeted companies activate in industrial sectors such as the petrochemical field, naval, military, aerospace, heavy machinery, solar energy, steel, pumps, and plastics. Other activity sectors were also targeted, such as engineering, shipping, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, trading, education,... ...