Ep 19: Operation Aurora
Darknet Diaries
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The Elderwood Hacking Group
The elderwood group was suspected to be behind seven different attack campaigns. Each campaign resulted in numerous companies being hacked. After operation aurora they used what's known as a watering hole attack. This would hack into a popular web site, put malware on it, and for users to visit the site to become infected. They seem to be mostly interested in gaining access to defense companies. Companies like locket martin, rathion bowing and general dynamics supply tanks, weapons and planes to the us Military. The second biggest target for the elderwood hacking group are human rights organizations.
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