McAfee released a 14-page report that details the largest coordinated cyber attack recorded to date. This particular attack, possibly orchestrated by China, broke into 72 organizations over the course of five years. The targets include the US, Canada, Taiwan, India, South Korea, and Vietnam. The attack also hit the UN, the International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-doping agency, defense contractors, tech companies and more. The name they gave the attacks, Operation Shady RAT, refers to the acronym for’remote access tool’
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2011/08/operation-shady-rat-biggest-cyber.html