Operation Shady RAT

<p>Operation Shady RAT is an ongoing series of <a href="/facts/Cyber_attack/6PSQzq7y">cyber attacks</a> starting in mid-2006 reported by <a href="/facts/Dmitri_Alperovitch/t5jmdbvh">Dmitri Alperovitch</a>, Vice President of Threat Research at Internet security company <a href="/facts/McAfee/yIytBc4w">McAfee</a> in August 2011, who also led and named the <a href="/facts/Night_Dragon_Operation/uvyKjUTn">Night Dragon Operation</a> and <a href="/facts/Operation_Aurora/TFrCLQXL">Operation Aurora</a> <a href="/facts/Cyberespionage/ohotQr6M">cyberespionage</a> intrusion investigations. The attacks have hit at least 71 organizations, including <a href="/facts/Defense_contractors/A8mywI9w">defense contractors</a>, businesses worldwide, the  <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">United Nations</a>, and the <a href="/facts/International_Olympic_Committee/yX4MhHXk">International Olympic Committee</a>. Governments attacked include Canada, India, South Korea, Taiwan, United States, and Vietnam. International bodies attacked include the United Nations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the International Olympic Committee, and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
</p><p>The operation, named by Alperovitch as a derivation of the common computer security industry acronym for <a href="/facts/Remote_access_tool/gJgglwht">remote access tool</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/2008_Summer_Olympics/G6YvB62G">2008 Summer Olympics</a> "potentially pointed a finger at a state actor behind the intrusions". That state actor is widely assumed to be the <a href="/facts/People%2527s_Republic_of_China/lTjIXY5p">People's Republic of China</a>.
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Operation Shady RAT