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Cyber Risks · Cisco Talos

State Sponsored Attacks in 2023 and Beyond

Summary: Cisco Talos describes state-sponsored activity shifting from traditional espionage (Moonlight Maze, Project Gunman) and intellectual property theft (Operation Aurora) toward destructive and destabilizing attacks, with information warfare emerging as a key battlefield in Ukraine and the Middle East. The firm notes groups such as Mustang Panda used Ukraine war-related documents as lures, and argues the post-pandemic retreat from globalization could drive a new era of cyber-based intellectual property theft as nations build manufacturing domestically.

Key Takeaway: Talos states that cyberspace-based aggression has so far seen little or no response, and that the Colonial Pipeline attack gave state actors a playbook for disrupting critical infrastructure without attacking it directly - a playbook it expects to be used again.

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