This was revealed by Kaspersky researcher, Kurt Baumgartner in ablogpost.

At that time Turla was found to have infected more than 500 victim IP addresses in 45 countries.

However at that time only Windows machines were found infected.

Epic Snake ‘Turla’ APT version targeting Linux machines

Now Kaspersky has found a new sample of Turla APT which they say is upgraded version to include Linux.

This newly found Turla component supports Linux for broader system support at victim sites.

Turla APT has been long suspected to be operated by a nation state rather than any cyber criminal gang.

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source: www.techworm.net