Researchers at Trend Micro discovered that Pawn Storm threat actor targeted the political party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. The researchers speculate the threat actors behind the campaign have been active since at least 2004 and are still running espionage campaigns. The group has been observed targeting organizations in Turkey, including the governments Directorate General of Press and Information, the Grand National Assembly, the newspaper Hrriyet, and the Prime Minister’s Office. The researchers noticed that attackers used a VPS provider registered in the United Arab Emirates that has also servers in the Netherlands and Romania.”]
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