German Association for Eastern European Studies (DGO)
March 27, 2025
•[ data leak, espionage, government ]
SVR (COZYBEAR) infiltrated email servers of the German Association for Eastern European Studies in late March 2025, exfiltrating correspondence and membership data; the German Interior Ministry formally attributed the intrusion to Russias foreign intelligence service on April 22 2025.
Undisclosed European drone manufacturer
March 25, 2025
•[ phishing, social engineering, malware ]
North Korean operators approached European defense engineers with fake job offers, delivering loaders that sideloaded ScoringMathTea and BinMergeLoader/MISTPEN to exfiltrate proprietary UAV designs and manufacturing know-how. Intelligence-collection focus; campaign targets several firms rather than one discrete victim record.
French government officials
March 9, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Apple notified French officials of targeted mercenary-spyware attacks (latest Sep 3, 2025); CERT-FR says this is the fourth wave in 2025; highly targeted espionage against high-profile users; Apple recommends Lockdown Mode and expert assistance; no attribution disclosed.
U.S.–China Business Council
March 7, 2025
•[ espionage, phishing, government ]
China-linked APT41/TA415 impersonated Rep. Moolenaar and USCBC in July 2025 spear-phishing to deliver malware and create remote tunnels to spy on U.S. trade-policy stakeholders; investigations ongoing; success not verified.
Polish Space Agency (Polsa)
March 2, 2025
•[ cyberattack, network intrusion, service disruption ]
The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) went offline after detecting a cyberattack that forced it to disconnect its internal network from the internet to contain the incident. National cybersecurity teams, including CSIRT NASK and CSIRT MON, were engaged to assist in investigating and restoring operations. While POLSA did not disclose specific details, internal sources suggested that email systems were compromised. As a member of the European Space Agency, POLSA temporarily suspended several digital services while ensuring containment, system recovery, and investigation into potential espionage or disruption motives behind the attack.
Multiple U.S. Targets (Law Firms, SaaS, Tech Firms)
March 1, 2025
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
Chinese APT UNC5221 deployed the BRICKSTORM backdoor to infiltrate U.S. law firms and SaaS providers for intelligence collection. Campaign active from March through September 2025.
Multiple U.K. Targets (Professional Services, Law Firms)
March 1, 2025
•[ espionage, technology ]
UNC5221 targeted British professional-services firms for espionage, part of the broader BRICKSTORM campaign observed globally in 2025.
Multiple Netherlands Targets (BPO, MSP Providers)
March 1, 2025
•[ espionage, technology ]
UNC5221 compromised Netherlands-based BPO and MSP providers to gain secondary access to client environments; activity attributed to Chinese cyber-espionage operations.
Multiple German Targets (Corporate Legal, Professional Services)
March 1, 2025
•[ espionage, technology ]
German professional-services and corporate-law entities were likely compromised by UNC5221 during the 2025 BRICKSTORM espionage campaign exploiting Ivanti edge devices.
Singapore Cloud / Hosting Providers
March 1, 2025
•[ espionage, technology ]
UNC5221 leveraged Singapore hosting infrastructure for staging and potential local access during the 2025 BRICKSTORM campaign; targeting aligns with Chinese state-linked espionage.
Multiple Japanese Targets (MSPs, Cloud Partners)
March 1, 2025
•[ espionage, technology ]
UNC5221 activity included compromises of Japanese managed-service providers as part of the BRICKSTORM espionage operation active in 2025.
Digital Realty
March 1, 2025
•[ state-sponsored attack, espionage, vulnerability exploit ]
The Ministry of State Security (MSS)linked group Salt Typhoon infiltrated Digital Realty and other data-center operators in early 2025 by exploiting vulnerabilities in network-appliance infrastructure and stolen credentials. Microsoft attributed the campaign to PRC state-sponsored espionage targeting Western critical-infrastructure providers.
Undisclosed Taiwan government agencies
March 1, 2025
•[ phishing, malware, espionage ]
Trend Micro and THN describe a March 2025 spear-phishing campaign by China-aligned MirrorFace targeting public institutions in Japan and Taiwan using OneDrive-delivered ZIPs that dropped ROAMINGMOUSE and an upgraded ANEL backdoor; reporting outlines techniques and targeting, not specific victim impact details for a single named org.
Undisclosed Myanmar government organization
March 1, 2025
•[ state-sponsored attack, malware, rootkit ]
Chinese state-linked threat actors deployed a kernel-mode rootkit to conceal ToneShell malware on systems belonging to a Myanmar government organization, enabling stealthy persistent access.
Multiple South Korean government and business entities
February 12, 2025
•[ phishing, espionage ]
Spear-phishing campaign leveraging LNK and PowerShell scripts deployed by North Koreas RGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau (Kimsuky) targeting South Korean government, defense, and cryptocurrency sectors.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
February 11, 2025
•[ data leak, email compromise, espionage ]
In February 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasurys Office of the Comptroller of the Currency detected unauthorized access to its Microsoft 365 email environment. The compromise, which persisted for months before discovery, exposed roughly 103 mailboxes and more than 150,000 emails containing sensitive financial supervisory information. No attribution has been made public, but the incident exhibited characteristics of an espionage-focused breach. No encryption, ransom demand, or operational disruption was reported.
Multiple Organizations in Asia
February 6, 2025
•[ espionage, backdoor, credential theft ]
Evasive Panda, a Chinese state-sponsored group operating under the Ministry of State Securitys Guangdong State Security Department / Technical Reconnaissance Bureau, deployed a custom SSH backdoor across enterprise network devices to exfiltrate credentials and maintain long-term covert access in espionage operations identified by Cisco Talos in February 2025.
163.com Users
February 4, 2025
•[ phishing, espionage ]
The Taiwanese-linked espionage group GreenSpot APT (aka PoisonVine / APT-Q-20) created spoofed 163.com domains and fake download pages to harvest email credentials from users in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Hunt.io attributed the campaigns infrastructure to Taiwan but no government department link has been identified.
Fanpage.it / Francesco Cancellato
January 31, 2025
•[ spyware, espionage, zero-click ]
Francesco Cancellato, editor-in-chief of Fanpage.it, was targeted with the Israeli-made Graphite spyware developed by Paragon Solutions, delivered via WhatsApp zero-click exploit. Citizen Lab and CPJ linked the campaign to a likely state client of Paragon, with political-espionage motives tied to Fanpages undercover investigation exposing neo-fascist youth elements within Italys ruling party. No confirmed infection or data exfiltration publicly reported.
ipany (VPN software developed by a South Korean company)
January 22, 2025
•[ espionage, technology ]
Researchers from ESET link a previously undocumented China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) group named PlushDaemon to a supply chain attack targeting ipany a South Korean virtual private network (VPN) provider.
