Turkish APT Sea Turtle Resurfaces, Spies on Dutch IT Firms

Sea Turtle, a group of hackers aligned with the Turkish government, has returned after going undetected since 2020.

Dutch cybersecurity provider, Hunt & Hackett, reported on January 5, 2024, that Sea Turtle has been conducting multiple espionage campaigns in the Netherlands.

These campaigns took place between 2021 and 2023. They targeted telecommunication, media, IT, and internet service providers (ISPs).

The APT group has also targeted Kurdish websites, especially those affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

“The infrastructure of the targets was susceptible to supply chain and island-hopping attacks, which the attack group used to collect politically motivated information such as personal information on minority groups and potential political dissents,” the Hunt &…