Security News > 2017 > November > Newly Uncovered 'SowBug' Cyber-Espionage Group Stealing Diplomatic Secrets Since 2015
2017-11-07 08:15
A previously unknown hacking and cyber-espionage group that has been in operation since at least 2015 have conducted a series of highly targeted attacks against a host of government organizations in South America and Southeast Asia to steal their sensitive data. Codenamed Sowbug, the hacking group has been exposed by Symantec security researchers, who spotted the group conducting clandestine
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