Fake Interview
description
Charming Kitten tried to gain information about academics and their accounts by impersonating as journalists
sources attribution
Not available
sources politicalization
Not available
start
01.11.2019
end
2020
source incident detection disclosure
Incident disclosed by IT-security company
receiver
label:
Not available
category:
Media
Science
country:
United States
label:
Not available
category:
Media
Science
country:
United Kingdom
label:
Not available
category:
Media
Science
country:
Saudi Arabia
label:
Not available
category:
Media
Science
country:
Europe (region)
inclusion criteria
Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goals
Attack conducted by a state-affiliated group (includes state-sanctioned, state-supported, state-controlled but officially non-state actors) (“cyber-proxies”) / a group that is generally attributed as state-affiliated
added to database
15.08.2022
articles
Not available
attribution date
2020
attribution basis
IT-security community attributes attacker
attributing country
Not available
attributing actors
Not available
attribution type
Technical report (e.g., by IT-companies, Citizen Lab, EFF)
initiators
label:
Charming Kitten/NEWSCASTER/APT35/Phosphorus/NewsBeef/Group 83/TA453/G0059
category:
Non-state actor, state-affiliation suggested
countries:
Iran, Islamic Republic of
legal attribution references
Not available
Incident/Operation Type
Data theft
Hijacking with Misuse
data theft
For private / commercial targets: non-sensitive information (incident scores 1 point in intensity)
disruption
none
hijacking
Hijacking, system misuse, e.g., through data theft and / or disruption (incident scores 2 points in intensity)
Physical Effects (temporal)
none
Physical Effects (spatial)
none
unweighted cyber intensity
3
Target / Effect Multiplier
Moderate - high political importance
weighted cyber intensity
Low / moderate intensity - 3
MITRE: Initial Access
Not available
MITRE: Impact
Not available
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: User Interaction
Not available
Zero Day
No
cyber conflict issue
System / ideology
International power
offline conflict issue
System/ideology
International power
offline conflict intensity
Yes / HIIK intensity
HIIK 2
casualties
No casualties as a direct result of the cyber incident
political response
Not available
state responsibility indicator
Not available
il breach indicator
Not available
response indicator
Not available
Evidence for Sanctions Indicator
Not available
legal response
Not available
impact indicator
Not available
