The Chinese authorities have described such reports as "groundless accusations". Taiwan-based cybersecurity firm TeamT5 said the group had targeted government, telecoms, and media victims in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, the United States and Hong Kong.ĪPT 41 was named by the U.S Department Justice in September 2020 in relation to charges brought against seven hackers for allegedly compromising more than 100 companies around the world. COVID relief benefits worth tens of millions of dollars between 2020-2022. The U.S secret service said the team had stolen U.S. APT 41Ĭhinese hacking team APT 41, which is also known as Wintti, Double Dragon and Amoeba, has conducted a mix of government-backed cyber intrusions and financially motivated data breaches, according to U.S.-based cybersecurity firms FireEye and Mandiant.
The Chinese authorities said it was not aware of such hacking and described the accusations as baseless. cybersecurity firm, says its research showed BackdoorDiplomacy has links to the Chinese state and is part of the APT15 hacking group.Ī Reuters report in May identified BackdoorDiplomacy as being behind a widespread series of digital intrusions over several years against key Kenyan ministries and state institutions. They described the attacks in 2023 as one of the largest known Chinese cyber-espionage campaigns against American critical infrastructure.Ĭhina's foreign ministry described the reports as part of a U.S. critical infrastructure organisations, from telecommunications to transportation hubs. Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft (MSFT.O) said on May 24 that Volt Typhoon, a group they described as state-sponsored, had been spying on a range of U.S. Some of the biggest Chinese hacking teams identified by intelligence agencies and cybersecurity groups are: 'VOLT TYPHOON' National Security Agency (NSA) as "the world's largest hacker organisation".
U.S.-based Mandiant has said some Chinese hacking groups are operated by units of China's army.Ĭhina's authorities have consistently denied any form of state-sponsored hacking, saying China itself is a frequent target of cyberattacks. SINGAPORE, May 25 (Reuters) - Chinese hacking teams have been blamed by Western intelligence agencies and cybersecurity groups for digital intrusion campaigns across the world, targeting everything from government and military organisations to corporations and media groupsĬybersecurity firms believe many of those groups are backed by China's government.
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