Did a Chinese University Hacking Competition Target a Real Victim?
Participants in a hacking competition with ties to China’s military were, unusually, required to keep their activities secret ...
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Chinese Citizen Allegedly Spent Years Trying to Hack NASA, US Research
Federal investigators say Chinese engineer Song Wu sent phishing emails posing as US-based researchers to gain access to ...
FBI, U.S. agencies say they disrupted Chinese hackers targeting American consumers
Federal security officials disrupted China-sponsored hackers breaching American defenses, enabling access to people’s cameras ...
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Chinese hacking compromised hundreds of thousands of devices containing personal PII
The devices undoubtedly were used by the Chinese government to attempt to obtain not only the personally identifiable ...
U.S. authorities thwart another China-backed botnet
U.S. authorities have thwarted another China-backed botnet, freeing hundreds of thousands of infected devices in the process, ...
Chinese hackers use new data theft malware in govt attacks
New attacks attributed to China-based cyber espionage group Mustang Panda show that the threat actor switched to new ...
23andMe agrees to $30M settlement over data breach that targeted Jewish and Chinese users
Me will pay $30M for a data breach targeting Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese customers, as a hacker named "Golem" leaked nearly 1M ...
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FBI Disrupted China-Backed Operation That Hacked 260,000 Consumer Devices
The FBI disrupted a Chinese-backed hacking operation that infected personal ... servers used to commit the computer intrusion," court documents say. The federal agency was able to track the ...
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China-based cyber espionage campaign in SE Asia is expanding, says Sophos
CISOs in Southeast Asia should be on alert after the discovery that a suspected Chinese-based cyber espionage campaign that ...
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Chinese Citizen Allegedly Spent Years Trying to Hack NASA, US Research
It appears Wu is at large, according to a court document. The indictment ... the US and its allies have long accused China of using state-sponsored hackers to steal sensitive intellectual property.
Hacking of Alicia Reece's Facebook account comes as FBI says cybercrime is at an all-time high
The hacking of Hamilton County Commissioner Alicia Reece's Facebook account underscores a dire reality as federal officials warn this type of activity is becoming more common in U.S. politics.