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Sead Fadilpašić

Russian tech firm attacked by Chinese state hackers in allied attack

China.
  • Chinese APT Jewelbug infiltrated a Russian IT provider, dwelling undetected for five months
  • Attackers used renamed Microsoft debugger to bypass defenses and exfiltrate data via Yandex Cloud
  • Symantec says China-based actors now target Russia despite perceived geopolitical alignment

Chinese hackers were recently seen targeting Russians, which raised eyebrows among the western cybersecurity community who perceive the two countries as allies in cyberspace and beyond.

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