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Belgian ADIV

Belgian ADIV Data Breach (2013)

Belgian ADIV

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Disclosed

January 1, 2013

4833 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Government

Description

During routine end of year system clean ups the Belgian ADIV (= Algemene Dienst Inlichtingen & Veiligheid / General Service Intelligence & Security) found a highly complex piece of malware on their systems. It was beyond their ability to clean it up so they sought the help of the US NSA.