![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2011 - RSA hacked](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2011/incident_2011_00.png)
Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition
In 2011 two things happened: CERT-EU was born and RSA, a renowned cybersecurity vendor, was hacked.
If history is a great teacher, then we should definitely look back at the major cyber events that
made the headlines in the ten years since 2011, since we were created ...
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![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Main map](/files/images/tlr_10_years/overview.png)
2011
RSA hacked
2012
Shamoon
2013
Iran's Mabna
Institute targets
universities
2014
Sony Pictures
hacked
2015
China's military
cyber forces
established
2016
The Shadow Brokers
2017
WannaCry
2018
Sandworm
2019
Ransomware
double extortion
2020
SolarWinds
by APT29
2021
Log4Shell
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Quarter background](/files/images/tlr_10_years/map_quarters.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Go back](/files/images/tlr_10_years/go_to_overview.png)
2011
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Year 2011 - route](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2011/route_2011.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2011 - RSA hacked](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2011/incident_2011_00.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2011 - Lockheed Martin hacked via RSA](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2011/incident_2011_01.png)
Lockheed Martin
hacked via RSA
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2011 - Blackhole exploit kit](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2011/incident_2011_02.png)
Blackhole exploit kit
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2011 - Gmail accounts of US politicians hacked](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2011/incident_2011_03.png)
Gmail accounts of
US politicians hacked
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2011 - Belgacom hack](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2011/incident_2011_04.png)
Belgacom
hack
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2011 - IMF compromise](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2011/incident_2011_05.png)
IMF compromise
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2011 - Blackhole exploit kit](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2011/incident_2011_06.png)
Backdoored
Chinese
equipment
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Quarter background](/files/images/tlr_10_years/map_quarters.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Go back](/files/images/tlr_10_years/go_to_overview.png)
2012
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Year 2012 - route](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2012/route_2012.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2012 - China Chopper](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2012/incident_2012_00.png)
China Chopper
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2012 - Flame](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2012/incident_2012_01.png)
Flame
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2012 - Shamoon](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2012/incident_2012_02.png)
Shamoon
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Quarter background](/files/images/tlr_10_years/map_quarters.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Go back](/files/images/tlr_10_years/go_to_overview.png)
2013
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Year 2013 - route](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2013/route_2013.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2013 - Red October](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2013/incident_2013_00.png)
Red October
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2013 - CryptoLocker, the pioneer](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2013/incident_2013_01.png)
CryptoLocker,
the pioneer
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2013 - Iran’s Mabna Institute begins targeting universities](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2013/incident_2013_02.png)
Iran’s Mabna
Institute begins
targeting universities
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2013 - Ke3chang launches a major campaign](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2013/incident_2013_03.png)
Ke3chang launches
a major campaign
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Quarter background](/files/images/tlr_10_years/map_quarters.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Go back](/files/images/tlr_10_years/go_to_overview.png)
2014
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Year 2014 - route](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2014/route_2014.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2014 - Gamma Group hacked](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2014/incident_2014_00.png)
Gamma Group
hacked
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2014 - Evil Corp emerges](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2014/incident_2014_01.png)
Evil Corp emerges
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2014 - Dridex banking trojan emerges](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2014/incident_2014_02.png)
Dridex banking
trojan emerges
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2014 - Syrian Electronic Army surfaces](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2014/incident_2014_03.png)
Syrian Electronic
Army surfaces
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2014 - Ke3chang emerges](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2014/incident_2014_04.png)
Korea Hydro hacked
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2014 - Sony Pictures hacked, films and data leaked](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2014/incident_2014_05.png)
Sony Pictures hacked,
films and data leaked
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Quarter background](/files/images/tlr_10_years/map_quarters.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Go back](/files/images/tlr_10_years/go_to_overview.png)
2015
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Year 2015 - route](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2015/route_2015.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2015 - Hacking Team hacked](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2015/incident_2015_00.png)
Hacking Team hacked
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2015 - China-US no-hack agreement](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2015/incident_2015_01.png)
China-US no-hack agreement
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2015 - Ukraine’s power grid targeted](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2015/incident_2015_02.png)
Ukraine’s power grid targeted
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2015 - China’s military cyber forces established](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2015/incident_2015_03.png)
China’s military
cyber forces
established
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Quarter background](/files/images/tlr_10_years/map_quarters.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Go back](/files/images/tlr_10_years/go_to_overview.png)
2016
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Year 2016 - route](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2016/route_2016.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2016 - Bangladesh Bank SWIFT money heist](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2016/incident_2016_00.png)
Bangladesh Bank
SWIFT money heist
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2016 - United Cyber Caliphate created](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2016/incident_2016_01.png)
United Cyber Caliphate created
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2016 - Tainted leaks and Guccifer](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2016/incident_2016_02.png)
Tainted leaks
and Guccifer
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2016 - The Shadow Brokers](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2016/incident_2016_03.png)
The Shadow Brokers
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2016 - The Mirai IoT botnet](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2016/incident_2016_04.png)
The Mirai IoT botnet
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2016 - Cyber Space Administration of China issues a National Cybersecurity Strategy](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2016/incident_2016_05.png)
Cyber Space
Administration
of China issues
a National
Cybersecurity Strategy
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Quarter background](/files/images/tlr_10_years/map_quarters.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Go back](/files/images/tlr_10_years/go_to_overview.png)
2017
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Year 2017 - route](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2017/route_2017.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2017 - WikiLeaks Vault7](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2017/incident_2017_00.png)
WikiLeaks
Vault7
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2017 - French elections hack-and-leak](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2017/incident_2017_01.png)
French elections
hack-and-leak
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2017 - Lazarus stealing money for North Korea](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2017/incident_2017_02.png)
Lazarus stealing money
for North Korea
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2017 - DoS of Ukraine’s power grid](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2017/incident_2017_03.png)
DoS of Ukraine’s power grid
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2017 - WannaCry](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2017/incident_2017_04.png)
WannaCry
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2017 - NotPetya causes chaos](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2017/incident_2017_05.png)
NotPetya
causes chaos
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2017 - ShadowPad supply chain attack](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2017/incident_2017_06.png)
ShadowPad supply
chain attack
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2017 - KRACKing the Wi-Fi](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2017/incident_2017_07.png)
KRACKing the Wi-Fi
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2017 - Triton targeting industrial safety systems](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2017/incident_2017_08.png)
Triton targeting
industrial safety systems
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Quarter background](/files/images/tlr_10_years/map_quarters.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Go back](/files/images/tlr_10_years/go_to_overview.png)
2018
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Year 2018 - route](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2018/route_2018.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2018 - ASUS update system compromised](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2018/incident_2018_00.png)
ASUS update system
compromised
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2018 - Spectre and Meltdown CPU flaws](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2018/incident_2018_01.png)
Spectre and
Meltdown
CPU flaws
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2018 - APT28 targets embassies](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2018/incident_2018_02.png)
APT28 targets embassies
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2018 - Olympic Destroyer](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2018/incident_2018_03.png)
Olympic
Destroyer
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2018 - China spies on Uyghurs](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2018/incident_2018_04.png)
China spies on Uyghurs
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2018 - VPNFilter, APT28, and football in Kyiv](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2018/incident_2018_05.png)
VPNFilter, APT28,
and football in Kyiv
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2018 - Sandworm](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2018/incident_2018_06.png)
Sandworm
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2018 - Lazarus stealing money for North Korea](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2018/incident_2018_07.png)
Lazarus stealing money
for North Korea
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2018 - Turkish hacktivists](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2018/incident_2018_08.png)
Turkish hacktivists
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2018 - Russia’s APT28 targeting elections](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2018/incident_2018_09.png)
Russia’s APT28
targeting
elections
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2018 - Ransomware vs Managed Service Providers](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2018/incident_2018_10.png)
Ransomware vs
Managed Service
Providers
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Quarter background](/files/images/tlr_10_years/map_quarters.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Go back](/files/images/tlr_10_years/go_to_overview.png)
2019
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Year 2019 - route](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2019/route_2019.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2019 - Disinformation on Facebook](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2019/incident_2019_00.png)
Disinformation on Facebook
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2019 - Facebook “mistakes”](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2019/incident_2019_01.png)
Facebook
“mistakes”
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2019 - Huawei sidelined in the US](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2019/incident_2019_02.png)
Huawei sidelined in the US
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2019 - Turla targeting MS Exchange](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2019/incident_2019_03.png)
Turla targeting
MS Exchange
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2019 - Ransomware vs aviation](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2019/incident_2019_04.png)
Ransomware vs aviation
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2019 - Ransomware double extortion](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2019/incident_2019_05.png)
Ransomware
double extortion
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2019 - Russian cyber spies hack Iranian cyber spies](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2019/incident_2019_06.png)
Russian cyber spies
hack Iranian cyber spies
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2019 - China removing foreign hardware](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2019/incident_2019_07.png)
China removing
foreign hardware
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2019 - The Great Cannon of China](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2019/incident_2019_08.png)
The Great Cannon
of China
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Quarter background](/files/images/tlr_10_years/map_quarters.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Go back](/files/images/tlr_10_years/go_to_overview.png)
2020
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Year 2020 - route](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2020/route_2020.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2020 - Undersea optical cables probed](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2020/incident_2020_00.png)
Undersea optical
cables probed
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2020 - China vs global industries](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2020/incident_2020_01.png)
China vs global
industries
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2020 - COVID-19 contact tracing](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2020/incident_2020_02.png)
COVID-19
contact
tracing
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2020 - Bundestag espionage](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2020/incident_2020_03.png)
Bundestag espionage
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2020 - Zoom woes](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2020/incident_2020_04.png)
Zoom woes
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2020 - US elections targeted](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2020/incident_2020_05.png)
US elections
targeted
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2020 - European IT giants targeted with ransomware](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2020/incident_2020_06.png)
European IT giants
targeted with
ransomware
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2020 - European Medicines Agency breach](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2020/incident_2020_07.png)
European
Medicines
Agency
breach
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2020 - SolarWinds by APT29](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2020/incident_2020_08.png)
SolarWinds
by APT29
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Quarter background](/files/images/tlr_10_years/map_quarters.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Go back](/files/images/tlr_10_years/go_to_overview.png)
2021
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - Year 2021 - route](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2021/route_2021.png)
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2021 - ProxyLogon](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2021/incident_2021_00.png)
ProxyLogon
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2021 - Pulse Secure VPN breached](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2021/incident_2021_01.png)
Pulse Secure
VPN breached
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2021 - APT29 upstream attacks](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2021/incident_2021_02.png)
APT29 upstream attacks
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2021 - Colonial Pipeline ransomware](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2021/incident_2021_03.png)
Colonial Pipeline
ransomware
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2021 - Kaseya ransomware](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2021/incident_2021_04.png)
Kaseya ransomware
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2021 - T-Mobile private data breach](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2021/incident_2021_05.png)
T-Mobile
private
data
breach
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2021 - Ghostwriter campaign](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2021/incident_2021_06.png)
Ghostwriter campaign
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2021 - Log4Shell](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2021/incident_2021_07.png)
Log4Shell
![CERT-EU - Threat Landscape Report - The 10 Years Edition - 2021 - GoDaddy hosting compromise](/files/images/tlr_10_years/2021/incident_2021_08.png)
GoDaddy hosting
compromise
Important disclaimer
The information used to create this special '10 years' threat landscape report is based on public reports. The illustrations in this web page are inspired by those public reports. They do not necessarily reflect our stance. There have been many cyber events in the period 2011-2021. We tried to select those that made the headlines. This selection is by no means exhaustive.
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