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Microsoft On the Issues blog (4)

Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
2017-12-19T16:45:38+00:00 (published_time)Microsoft and Facebook disrupt ZINC (Lazarus Group) malware; WannaCry attributionZINC, also known as the Lazarus Group
2019-12-30T20:18:41+00:00 (published_time)Thallium spear-phishing; Microsoft court order seizes 50 domainsU.S., as well as Japan and South KoreaThallium
2020-11-13T13:59:58+00:00 (published_time)Cerium targeting Covid-19 vaccine and treatment researchers (WHO-themed spear-phishing)Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States (all three actors combined)Cerium
2025-10-16T14:06:28+00:00 (published_time)Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 summary: North Korean remote IT workers and extortioncompanies around the worldNorth Korean remote IT workers