Case Study: Global Financial Services Organizations Detect Hacktivist Threats with Digital Shadows SearchLight

Company Named on Target List for Hacktivist Campaign

Global Financial Services Organizations used Digital Shadows SearchLight to assess a hacktivist threat after their bank was named on a target list for a campaign aimed at global financial institutions. The customer was concerned that a successful attack could become headline news and damage its reputation.

Digital Shadows SearchLight detected the target list on Facebook and, through analyst review, added three years of threat history plus context on the actors’ tactics, techniques, procedures, credibility, and threat level. With this intelligence, the bank reviewed and strengthened its security controls before the attack, and when it did occur, Digital Shadows helped the organization maintain availability with no loss of service.