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APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) 🔴 Attack

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

 

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