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Advanced Persistent Threat Group 31 (APT31) is a collective of Chinese state-sponsored intelligence officers, contract hackers and attendant staff that engage in hacking activities and "malicious ...
Double Dragon [a] is a hacker group with alleged ties to the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS). [4] Classified as an advanced persistent threat, the organization was named by the United States Department of Justice in September 2020 in relation to charges brought against five Chinese and two Malaysian nationals for allegedly compromising more than 100 companies around the world.
An advanced persistent threat (APT) is a stealthy threat actor, typically a state or state-sponsored group, which gains unauthorized access to a computer network and remains undetected for an extended period.
Officials in London accused APT31 of hacking British lawmakers critical of China and said that a second group of Chinese spies was behind the hack of Britain's electoral watchdog that separately ...
APT31 has previously been accused of targeting U.S. presidential campaigns and the information systems of Finland’s parliament, among others.
Cyberwarfare is the use of cyber attacks against an enemy state, causing comparable harm to actual warfare and/or disrupting vital computer systems. [1] Some intended outcomes could be espionage, sabotage, propaganda, manipulation or economic warfare.
The Hubei State Security Department is widely understood to be the operator behind the advanced persistent threat designated APT 31 by Mandiant, also known as Judgment Panda by CrowdStrike, Zirconium or Violet Typhoon by Microsoft, RedBravo by Recorded Future, Bronze Vinewood by SecureWorks, TA412 by Proofpoint, or Red Keres by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
APT31, the Chinese hacking group Britain claims was behind the targeting of lawmaker emails, has a history of spying on politicians and their staff. In 2020, security researchers at Google and ...