Since 2007, a cyberespionage network has been stealing confidential data from private industry and government organizations in Eastern Europe, former Soviet republics and Central Asian countries. The network, called Red October, has also stolen sensitive information from organizations in Western Europe and the U.S., but the focus was in the other regions. Kaspersky said it did not know whether the operation was state-sponsored or a criminal group gathering information to sell to the highest bidder. The attackers, believed to have “Russian-speaking origins,” used malware called Rocra, which is short for Red October.”]