Report – China-Linked Hackers Gather More Info Than Spy Balloon: ‘They’re Everywhere’

[mystery-ak]

Report – China-Linked Hackers Gather More Info Than Spy Balloon: ‘They’re Everywhere’

Amy Furr28 Feb 2023128
2:31

China-linked hackers have reportedly been gathering massive amounts of information from computer networks across the globe — more than the Chinese spy balloon.

In an article published Tuesday, NBC News said:

    CrowdStrike says in its annual global threat report that it observed China-linked cyberespionage groups targeting 39 industries on nearly every continent. About a quarter of the hacking was aimed at North America, while most of it targeted China’s Asian neighbors, the report found. The techniques China used have become increasingly sophisticated as cybersecurity has improved, the report found.

Crowdstrike’s head of intelligence, Adam Meyers, warned that “They’re endemic at this point — they’re everywhere.”

The news comes after the U.S. military shot down the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was floating over the country earlier this month, Breitbart News reported on February 4.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/28/report-china-linked-hackers-gather-more-info-than-spy-balloon-theyre-everywhere/

[mountaineer]

Reopening this old thread for this:

Chinese Hackers Breach US Govt Email Through Microsoft Cloud
Wednesday, 12 July 2023 09:05 AM EDT

Chinese state-linked hackers secretly accessed email accounts at around 25 organizations, including government agencies, in a sweeping cyberespionage campaign, Microsoft said Wednesday.

Microsoft did not say which organizations or governments had been affected by the digital intrusion, but the White House said the U.S. had reported it to Microsoft.

National Security Council spokesman Adam Hodge said in a statement on Wednesday that an intrusion in Microsoft's cloud security had "affected unclassified systems." ...

The number of U.S. email accounts believed to be affected so far is limited, and the attack appeared targeted, The Washington Post reported, citing an unnamed source. Pentagon, intelligence community, and military email accounts did not appear to be affected, the Post reported.

The hacking group, which Microsoft dubbed Storm-0558, forged digital authentication tokens to access webmail accounts running on the firm's Outlook service, Microsoft said in a statement on its website. The activity began in May.  ...

NEWSMAX

Who needs balloons, indeed?

[mountaineer]

Chinese Email Hack: Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo And State Department Officials Among Affected
Siladitya Ray
Forbes
Jul 13, 2023,05:49am EDT

The email accounts of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and officials from the State Department were among those affected by the breach carried out by Chinese hackers targeting a vulnerability in Microsoft’s cloud platform, officials confirmed Wednesday.  ...

Raimondo is the only Cabinet member who was impacted by the breach, which only affected unclassified government systems, the Washington Post reported.

The State Department was the first to discover the breach last month and “took immediate steps” to secure its systems and notified Microsoft—according to department spokesperson Matthew Miller.

The Commerce Department was notified about the breach by Microsoft and it took “immediate action to respond,” a spokesperson told the press without providing exact details.  ...