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Five-Year ‘Dust Storm’ APT Campaign Targets Japanese Critical Infrastructure (Threatpost)

2016-02-24 19:11

A five-year campaign focused on extracting sensitive information from Japanese oil, gas, and electric utilities through multiple backdoors was outlined by researchers on Wednesday.

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http://threatpost.com/five-year-dust-storm-apt-campaign-targets-japanese-critical-infrastructure/116436/

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