Sophisticated and prolonged cyber attack aimed at specific targets. APTs are carried out by highly skilled actors, often nation states or organised criminal groups. The aim of these attacks is to compromise computer systems over the long term in order to exfiltrate sensitive data or carry out sabotage operations.
- CATEGORY : 🔴 Computer attack
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