The latest waves of cyberattacks are linked to the 2012 Shamoon attacks on Saudi Arabia. Researchers say the attacks are all the work of hacker groups supported and coordinated by a single actor. The attacks have gone beyond that vertical to include more than a dozen government agencies, financial services organizations, and critical infrastructure. The increase in sophistication suggests investment, collaboration, and coordination beyond that of a single hacker group, researchers say. The research is the latest evidence of rogue state or stateless actors developing increasingly sophisticated and powerful cyberwarfare and cyberespionage capabilities”]

