Cybereason Nocturnus team identified advanced, persistent attack targeting global telecommunications providers carried out by a threat actor using tools and techniques commonly associated with Chinese-affiliated threat actors, such as APT10. Operation Soft Cell has been active since at least 2012, though some evidence suggests even earlier activity by the threat actor against telecommunications providers. Threat actor mainly sought to obtain CDR data logs, billing data, call detail records, credentials, email servers, geo-location of users, and more.”]