Date of report
- July 2018
Affiliations
- Believed to be the work of the same threat actors behind the alleged Russian compromise of networking equipment
A threat actor used a tool called VPNFilter to target a chemical plant in eastern Ukraine that provides chlorine to water- and sewage-treatment plants in that country. Ukraine’s intelligence service claims to have thwarted the incident.
Suspected victims
- Ukraine
Suspected state sponsor
- Russian Federation
Type of incident
- Sabotage
Target category
- Private sector
Victim government reaction
- Unknown