A coalition of cyber security companies said Tuesday that a Chinese cyber-espionage syndicate is responsible for planting malicious software (malware) on computers owned by Western government agencies, private companies and human rights groups over the past six years, including the high-profile 2010 Aurora attack on Google. The Axiom hacking group is believed to have ties to the Chinese government and be the most sophisticated cyber-espionage operation emanating from China, the coalition, which includes tech giants Microsoft and Cisco, said in a report. “This is a great example of the capabilities of a well-funded adversary,” said Morgan Marquis-Boire, a senior researcher at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, who worked at Google during the Aurora attack. “You see what is clearly a very professional group of people who are changing their tools, using sophisticated attacks, and being highly successful against a range of targets.”
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:39:29 +0000
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