Chinese Hacking Operation

China has reportedly accused the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Office of Tailored Access Operations of hacking a government-funded university with aeronautics and space research programmes. China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and 360 Security Technology jointly conducted a technical analysis of the case. The NSA alleged...

India is mulling a new national strategy to strengthen the country's cybersecurity amid allegations that Chinese intrusions may have affected operations at a key stock exchange and supply of electricity in the country's commercial capital.

Microsoft said that a “highly skilled and sophisticated” state-sponsored group operating from China has been trying to steal information from a number of American targets, including universities, defence contractors, law firms, and infectious-disease researchers. It said that a hacking group exploited a bug in its Exchange Server software to ga...

Chinese spies used code first developed by the US National Security Agency to support their hacking operations, Israeli researchers said, another indication of how malicious software developed by governments can boomerang against their creators.

The US Justice Department on Wednesday announced charges against five Chinese and two Malaysians who ran a global hacking operation for at least six years to steal identities and video game technology, and to spy on Hong Kong activists.

One of the most effective teams of Chinese government-backed hackers is also conducting financially-motivated side operations, cybersecurity researchers said on Wednesday.

Hackers behind a massive breach at hotel group Marriott International Inc left clues suggesting they were working for a Chinese government intelligence gathering operation, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Hackers behind a massive breach at hotel group Marriott International Inc left clues suggesting they were working for a Chinese government intelligence gathering operation, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Chinese authorities say they have uncovered a massive underground operation involving the sale of Apple users' personal data.Twenty-two people have been detained on suspicion of infringing individuals' privacy and illegally obtaining their digital personal information, according to a statement Wednesday from police in southern Zhejiang province.

Chinese and American officials said Tuesday that they're committed to bridging their differences on cybersecurity, as they held talks on the issue amid complaints over China-based hacking operations that the United States says may have already cost U.S. companies tens of billions of dollars.

Kam Sin Wong surrendered the money from one of the world's largest cyber-heists to Philippine anti-money laundering officials and the Bangladeshi ambassador.

"When we have the cooperation of the Chinese [..] we will be asking for checks or maybe a search of the location of the IP addresses."

The hacktivist group had threatened to release the data last week, joining the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber-attacks after one of the largest US hospital operators, Community Health Systems Inc, said Chinese hackers had broken into its computer network and stolen the personal information of 4.5 million patients.

Chinese hackers believed to be linked to Beijing conducted dozens of cyberattacks on US defense contractors between 2012 and 2013, potentially compromising military operations, a congressional probe warned Wednesday.

China has reportedly accused the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Office of Tailored Access Operations of hacking a government-funded university with aeronautics and space research programmes. China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and 360 Security Technology jointly conducted a technical analysis of the case. The NSA alleged...

India is mulling a new national strategy to strengthen the country's cybersecurity amid allegations that Chinese intrusions may have affected operations at a key stock exchange and supply of electricity in the country's commercial capital.

Microsoft said that a “highly skilled and sophisticated” state-sponsored group operating from China has been trying to steal information from a number of American targets, including universities, defence contractors, law firms, and infectious-disease researchers. It said that a hacking group exploited a bug in its Exchange Server software to ga...

Chinese spies used code first developed by the US National Security Agency to support their hacking operations, Israeli researchers said, another indication of how malicious software developed by governments can boomerang against their creators.

The US Justice Department on Wednesday announced charges against five Chinese and two Malaysians who ran a global hacking operation for at least six years to steal identities and video game technology, and to spy on Hong Kong activists.

One of the most effective teams of Chinese government-backed hackers is also conducting financially-motivated side operations, cybersecurity researchers said on Wednesday.

Hackers behind a massive breach at hotel group Marriott International Inc left clues suggesting they were working for a Chinese government intelligence gathering operation, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Hackers behind a massive breach at hotel group Marriott International Inc left clues suggesting they were working for a Chinese government intelligence gathering operation, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Chinese authorities say they have uncovered a massive underground operation involving the sale of Apple users' personal data.Twenty-two people have been detained on suspicion of infringing individuals' privacy and illegally obtaining their digital personal information, according to a statement Wednesday from police in southern Zhejiang province.

Chinese and American officials said Tuesday that they're committed to bridging their differences on cybersecurity, as they held talks on the issue amid complaints over China-based hacking operations that the United States says may have already cost U.S. companies tens of billions of dollars.

Kam Sin Wong surrendered the money from one of the world's largest cyber-heists to Philippine anti-money laundering officials and the Bangladeshi ambassador.

"When we have the cooperation of the Chinese [..] we will be asking for checks or maybe a search of the location of the IP addresses."

The hacktivist group had threatened to release the data last week, joining the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber-attacks after one of the largest US hospital operators, Community Health Systems Inc, said Chinese hackers had broken into its computer network and stolen the personal information of 4.5 million patients.

Chinese hackers believed to be linked to Beijing conducted dozens of cyberattacks on US defense contractors between 2012 and 2013, potentially compromising military operations, a congressional probe warned Wednesday.