--- title: Mysterious 'Sandman' Threat Actor Targets Telecom... description: A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed Sandman has been attributed to a set of cyber attacks targeting telecommunic koation providers in the Middle... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mysterious-sandman-threat-actor-targets-telecom-providers-across-three-continents-mn9c0m2ri twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mysterious 'Sandman' Threat Actor Targets Telecom Providers Across Three Continents | daily.dev og:description: A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed Sandman has been attributed to a set of cyber attacks targeting telecommunic koation providers in the Middle... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mysterious-sandman-threat-actor-targets-telecom-providers-across-three-continents-mn9c0m2ri og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Mn9C0M2RI.png og:image:alt: Mysterious 'Sandman' Threat Actor Targets Telecom Providers Across Three Continents og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Mysterious 'Sandman' Threat Actor Targets Telecom Providers Across Three Continents **[The Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/thn)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed Sandman has been attributed to a set of cyber attacks targeting telecommunic koation providers in the Middle East, Western Europe and the South Asian subcontinent. 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