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Actor type

StateState-affiliation suggestedNon-state groupIndividual hacker(s)OtherUnknown

Initiator category

Individual hacker(s)Non-state-groupNot attributedOtherStateState affiliated actor

Initiator subcategory

Criminal(s)Ethnic actorsHacktivist(s)Non-state-group, state-affiliation suggested (widely held view for the attributed initiator (group), but not invoked in this case)Other non-state groupsPrivate technology companies / hacking for hire groups without state affiliation / research entitiesReligious actorsTerrorist(s)

Inclusion criteria

Attack conducted by nation state (generic “state-attribution” or direct attribution towards specific state-entities, e.g., intelligence agencies)Attack conducted by non-state group / non-state actor with political goals (religious, ethnic, etc. groups) / undefined actor with political goalsAttack on (inter alia) political target(s), not politicizedAttack on (inter alia) political target(s), politicizedAttack on critical infrastructure target(s)Attack on non-political target(s), politicized

Targeted sector

Advocacy / activists (e.g. human rights organizations)ChemicalsCivil service / administrationCorporate TargetsCriminalCritical infrastructureCritical ManufacturingDefence industryDigital ProviderEducationElection infrastructure / related systemsEnd user(s) / specially protected groupsEnergyEthnicFinanceFoodGovernment / ministriesHacktivistHealthIntelligence agenciesInternational / supranational organizationJudiciaryLegislativeMediaMilitaryOtherOther (e.g., embassies)Other social groupsPolicePolitical opposition / dissidents / expatsPolitical partiesReligiousResearchScienceSocial groupsSpaceState institutions / political systemTelecommunicationsTerroristTransportationUnknownWaste Water ManagementWater

Operation type

Ransomware & extortionDisruptionData theftHijacking

Intensity

LowMidHigh

Response category

Operational · across domainsOperational · in-kindRhetorical