Online attackers with clear links to China are behind a vast cyber espionage campaign targeting government agencies of interest to Beijing, Google subsidiary Mandiant said.
“This is the broadest cyber espionage campaign known to be conducted by a China-nexus threat actor since the mass exploitation of Microsoft Exchange in early 2021,” said Mandiant chief technology officer Charles Carmakal.The cyber attackers compromised computer defenses of hundreds of organizations, in some cases stealing “emails of prominent employees dealing in matters of interest to the Chinese government,” Carmakal added.
The hackers targeted victims in at least 16 different countries, striking organizations in the public and private sectors worldwide, the report said. Victims included foreign ministries as well as research organizations and foreign trade missions based in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Mandiant said in its findings.
The cyber espionage activity was detected in May and is believed to have started as early as October of last year.
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