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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Operation Shady RAT''' is an ongoing series of [[cyber attack]]s starting in mid-2006<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyberattacks-idUSTRE7720HU20110803 | title=State actor seen in "enormous" range of cyber attacks | access-date=2011-08-03 | author = Jim Finkle | date=2011-08-03 | publisher=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> reported by [[Dmitri Alperovitch]], Vice President of Threat Research at Internet security company [[McAfee]] in August 2011, who also led and named the [[Night Dragon Operation]] and [[Operation Aurora]] [[cyberespionage]] intrusion investigations.<ref name=McAfee>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/white-papers/wp-operation-shady-rat.pdf<br />
|title = Revealed: Operation Shady RAT<br />
|access-date = 2011-08-03<br />
|author = Dmitri Alperovitch<br />
|date = 2011-08-02<br />
|publisher = [[McAfee]]<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110804083836/http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/white-papers/wp-operation-shady-rat.pdf<br />
|archive-date = 2011-08-04<br />
}}</ref> The attacks have hit at least 71 organizations, including [[defense contractors]], businesses worldwide, the [[United Nations]], and the [[International Olympic Committee]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Governments, IOC and UN hit by massive cyber attack|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14387559|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=3 August 2011|date=2011-08-03}}</ref><ref>Nakashima, Ellen, "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/report-identifies-widespread-cyber-spying/2011/07/29/gIQAoTUmqI_story.html Report on ‘Operation Shady RAT’ identifies widespread cyber-spying]", ''[[Washington Post]]'', 3 August 2011.</ref><br />
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The operation, named by Alperovitch as a derivation of the common computer security industry acronym for [[remote access tool]], is characterized by McAfee as "a five year targeted operation by one specific actress". The report suggests that the targeting of various athletic oversight organizations around the time of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] "potentially pointed a finger at a state actor behind the intrusions".<ref name=McAfee/> That state actor is widely assumed to be the [[People's Republic of China]].<ref>Gross, Michael Joseph, "[http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/09/chinese-hacking-201109 Enter the Cyber-dragon]", ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', September 2011.</ref><br />
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The US was specifically targeted but victims were also present in Europe and Asia (which included South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and India).<ref>{{cite web |title=Operation Shady RAT - Biggest Cyber Attacks in history uncovered |url=https://thehackernews.com/2011/08/operation-shady-rat-biggest-cyber.html |website=The Hacker News |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also== <br />
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* [[Advanced persistent threat]]<br />
* [[DigiNotar]]<br />
* [[Duqu]]<br />
* [[PLA Unit 61398]]<br />
* [[Tailored Access Operations]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Cyberattacks|Shady RAT]]<br />
[[Category:Chinese advanced persistent threat groups]]<br />
[[Category:China–United States relations]]<br />
[[Category:Electronic warfare]]<br />
[[Category:Foreign relations of China]]<br />
[[Category:Cyberwarfare by China]]<br />
[[Category:Cybercrime in India]]</div>Ajay Kumar