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'Machete' Continues to Spy on Spanish-Speaking Countries

By Eduard Kovacs on March 22, 2017
 
The threat group behind the cyber espionage campaign dubbed “Machete” continues to target entities in Spanish-speaking countries, endpoint security firm Cylance reported on Wednesday.

Machete was first analyzed by Kaspersky Lab back in 2014. At the time, the company said the operation had been active since 2010, with some improvements made in 2012.

The list of targeted entities included intelligence services, embassies, government institutions and military organizations. A majority of the victims at the time were located in Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia, but some compromised systems were also identified in Russia (embassies), Peru, Cuba, Brazil, the U.S., Spain, Sweden, and China.

 
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