Affiliations
- Turla is also known as Snake, Venomous Bear, Uroburos, Group 88, Waterbug, and Turla Team. Estonian intelligence services associate this group with the Russian federal security service (FSB). Turla is associated with Agent.btz and believed to be behind the RUAG espionage incident, an attempted compromise of the Swiss defense ministry, the targeting of diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe, the targeting of South Korean actors prior to the meeting of U.S. President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and the compromise of the German and Finnish foreign ministries.
This threat actor targets governments, militaries, and research organizations for espionage purposes.
Suspected victims
- France
- Romania
- Kazakhstan
- Poland
- Tajikistan
- Austria
- Russia
- United States
- Saudi Arabia
- Germany
- India
- Armenia
- Belarus
- Netherlands
- Iran
- Uzbekistan
- Iraq
Suspected state sponsor
- Russian Federation
Type of incident
- Espionage
Target category
- Government
- Military