Operation Snow Globe was disclosed in 2015, as a nation state espionage malware campaign believed to have been developed and used by a French intelligence agency.
The operation mainly targeted organizations in Iran, including universities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Atomic Energy Organization, and a subsidiary of the country’s telecommunications company. The attackers also targeted a French-language Canadian media firm, and organizations in France, Norway, Spain, Greece, and two former French colonies in Africa, Algeria and the Ivory Coast.
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