A shadowy threat group with nation-state capabilities has been conducting a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign against government targets in South America. The group, called Sowbug, has been active since at least early 2015 and appears primarily interested in gathering foreign policy information from diplomatic and government entities in the region, Symantec says. In addition to South America, the hacker group has also targeted organizations in Southeast Asia and broken into government organizations in Brunei and Malaysia. In some cases, they have remained undetected on a victim’s network for up to six months.”]