CHINA HACKING US
All about China's War Game Exercise that Left the U.S. Air Force Worried
The US is concerned about growing cyber threats from China. The FBI Director has warned that there are multi-pronged threats against the US interest. Analysts have noted that there is a need for joint efforts to tackle this growing menace.
Can cyber-attacks on the US stop its drinking water supplies?
In recent times, the US has been attacked by Iran, Russia and China based hackers who have targeted various water utility projects. This has exposed the country’s outdated infrastructure and has shown a lackadaisical approach in dealing with cyber-crimes that threaten its critical IT infrastructure.
Enemy within? China is buying land around American military bases
China's proximity to military bases within the US, including a nuclear missile base in Wyoming, raises national security concerns. The US government blocked a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near Francis E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, citing it as a 'national security risk'. The order required the divestment of property operated as a crypto mining facility near the base.
Chinese hackers step up attacks on Taiwanese organisations: cybersecurity firm
A suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, RedJuliett, has intensified its targeting of Taiwanese organisations, including government, education, technology, and diplomacy sectors, ahead of Taiwan's presidential elections in January. The cyberattacks were observed between November 2023 and April 2024. RedJuliett accessed servers via vulnerabilities in SoftEther enterprise VPN software. Recorded Future suggests that Chinese intelligence services in Fuzhou are likely behind the attacks to gather intelligence on Taiwan.
Biden bans US sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties
The United States on Thursday banned Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky from providing its popular anti-virus products in the country, the US Commerce Department announced. "Kaspersky will generally no longer be able to, among other activities, sell its software within the United States or provide updates to software already in use," the Commerce Department said in a statement announcing the action, which it said is the first of its kind. da/des
'We aren't going anywhere': TikTok to fight US ban law in courts
TikTok's CEO vowed Wednesday to fight in the courts to overturn a newly signed US law that could see the popular app banned due to allegations it is controlled by the Chinese government. Americans must think of TikTok's "power, access, capability, control" as being in the hands of the Chinese government and intelligence service, Wray said.
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Xi Jinping at it again: Did China develop an 'Enigma' machine to penetrate US Govt officials' accounts?
According to recent reports, cybersecurity experts are still contemplating the breach into the accounts of UK and US government officials and have raised suspicions about a Chinese attempt at cyber breaching.
Review board to issue report detailing Microsoft's lapses in China hack: report
The intrusion, which ransacked the Microsoft Exchange Online mailboxes of 22 organizations and more than 500 individuals around the world, was "preventable" and "should never have occurred", the Washington Post said, citing the report.
Cyber board says Chinese hack of US officials was 'preventable'
The board said in its report that it identified a series of decisions taken by Microsoft that had decreased enterprise security, risk management and trust from the customers to protect their data and operations.
APT31: The Chinese hacking group behind global cyber espionage campaign
The United States and Britain have filed charges and imposed sanctions on a company and individuals linked to a Chinese state-backed hacking group, APT31, which they allege engaged in a sweeping cyber espionage campaign. APT31, also known as Zirconium, operated through a front company, Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company (Wuhan XRZ), from at least 2010 until January 2024.
US, UK accuse China of cyberespionage that hit millions of people
Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic nicknamed the hacking group Advanced Persistent Threat 31 or "APT31", calling it an arm of China's Ministry of State Security. Officials reeled off a laundry list of targets: White House staffers, US senators, British parliamentarians, and government officials across the world who criticized of Beijing.
US sanctions Chinese cyberespionage firm, saying it hacked US energy industry
China state-sponsored malicious cyber actors remain one of the greatest and most persistent threats to U.S. national security, the Treasury said. The cyber security industry has labeled such entities advanced persistent threats (APTs), and the government also uses that acronym. Treasury said APT31 is a collection of Chinese intelligence officers working for the Hubei branch of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) who carry out cyberespionage campaigns on behalf of the state.
Britain says China hacked electoral watchdog, targeted lawmaker emails
In response to the attempted hack in 2021 of emails belonging to British politicians "prominent in calling out the malign activity of China", Britain imposed sanctions on two people and one company linked to state-backed Chinese hacking group APT31, the Foreign Office said in a statement.
Growth-hacking hard as it needs cross-functional coordination: Sean Ellis
Sean Ellis’s book ‘Hacking Growth’, co-authored by Morgan Brown, is a playbook for companies aiming to achieve sustainable growth, derived from his experience at startups including Dropbox, Eventbrite, Lookout in their early stages. ET sat down with Ellis on the sidelines of Bangalore Growth Fest hosted by marketing services firm IncrementumX to discuss his plans in India, the growth-at-all-cost mindset among startups, and tech valuations. Edited excerpts.
Chinese hacking campaign aiming critical infrastructure goes back five years: US
The US National Security Agency, US cyber watchdog CISA, the FBI, and the Transportation Security Administration said that the group known as "Volt Typhoon" had quietly burrowed into the networks of aviation, rail, mass transit, highway, maritime, pipeline, water and sewage organisations.
US disrupts Chinese hacking campaign targeting critical infrastructure
The US and its key allies disclosed the Chinese campaign, dubbed Volt Typhoon, in May 2023 when analysts at Microsoft found it had targeted everything from US telecommunication networks to transportation hubs.
US disabled Chinese hacking network targeting critical infrastructure, sources say
The Biden administration has increasingly focused on hacking, not only for fear nation states may try to disrupt the U.S. election in November, but because ransomware wreaked havoc on Corporate America in 2023.
ICBC puts capital into US unit, seeks cyber review after hack
ICBC's US unit told market participants on Friday it was hoping to finish the cyber review over the weekend, but the sources said they expected it would spill into next week. Meanwhile, the bank is using manual processes to trade, they said.
Boeing data published by Lockbit hacking gang
The hackers in October said they had obtained "a tremendous amount" of sensitive data from the aerospace giant and would dump it online if Boeing didn't pay a ransom by November 2.
Five Eyes intelligence chiefs warn on China's 'theft' of intellectual property
The officials from the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - known as the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network - made the comments following meetings with private companies in the US innovation hub Silicon Valley.
US, Japan authorities warn of China-linked hacking group BlackTech
The joint advisory, which also came from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and its Japanese counterpart, urged firms to review the internet routers at their subsidiaries to minimise the risk of potential attack from the group.
Iranian hackers target defence, satellite firms to gather secrets: Microsoft
The heavy sanctions imposed by the US on Iran have limited their access to military hardware and discouraged Western companies from sending medical supplies to the country. As a result, Iran has been compelled to look for trade secrets held by foreign firms, reports CNN.
US Congressman says Chinese spies hacked his emails
Nebraska Republican Congressman Don Bacon said late on Monday the FBI had warned him that his emails were hacked by Chinese spies, with both personal and campaign messages compromised. Bacon was told that the Chinese Communist Party had access to his accounts for about a month ending on June 16, he said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
China hacked Japan's sensitive defence networks, says report
As per The Washington Post, three former senior US officials, who was among a dozen current and former US and Japanese officials interviewed, said that the hackers had deep, persistent access and appeared to be after anything they could get their hands on- plans, capabilities and assessments of military shortcomings.
From Storm-0558 to APT 41, meet some of China's recently identified hacking groups
China's authorities have consistently denied any form of state-sponsored hacking, saying China itself is a frequent target of cyberattacks. Beijing has called the US "the empire of hacking."
Chinese hackers breach US ambassador's emails: report
Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia, was also hacked in the wider spying operation disclosed earlier this month by Microsoft, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Chinese hackers breached US commerce chief's emails; Antony Blinken warns Chinese counterpart
On Tuesday, Microsoft revealed that a stealthy Chinese hacking operation had exploited a secret flaw in a piece of the company's authentication software in order to covertly break into email accounts belonging to 25 unnamed organisations.
No reason to doubt Microsoft's attribution of hack to China hackers: US State Department
In a blog post published Tuesday, Microsoft said a China-based hacking group has breached email accounts linked to government agencies in Western Europe.
China calls hacking report ''far-fetched'' and accuses the US of targeting the cybersecurity industry
China's foreign ministry spokesperson repeated accusations that Washington carries out hacking attacks and complained the cybersecurity industry rarely reports on them.
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