It's the latest example of data-wiping tools being aimed at key organizations in the region.

Informally known as the "Cyber Peace Institute," the organization plans to act as a neutral arbiter that calls out bad behavior on the internet.

In recent years the group has compromised organizations in the U.S., Europe, and Japan.

“They’re not five years behind nation-states anymore, because the tools have become more ubiquitous,” Grant Schneider says.

The notorious ransomware forced the FBI to rethink how the bureau tackles cyber investigations.

“It’s an industry that has fed and continues to feed, to a large extent, off of fearmongering,” Tenable CEO Amit Yoran told CyberScoop.