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Microsoft named Hafnium as the group responsible for the 2021 Microsoft Exchange Server data breach, and alleged they were "state-sponsored and operating out of China". [3] [4] According to Microsoft, they are based in China but primarily use United States-based virtual private servers, [6] and have targeted "infectious disease researchers, law firms, higher education institutions, defense ...
On 12 March 2021, Microsoft announced the discovery of "a new family of ransomware" being deployed to servers initially infected, encrypting all files, making the server inoperable and demanding payment to reverse the damage. [16] On 22 March 2021, Microsoft announced that in 92% of Exchange servers the exploit has been either patched or mitigated.
SVR (Russia) [ 27 ][ 26 ] In 2020, a major cyberattack suspected to have been committed by a group backed by the Russian government penetrated thousands of organizations globally including multiple parts of the United States federal government, leading to a series of data breaches. [ 1 ][ 28 ][ 29 ] The cyberattack and data breach were reported ...
Lawmakers organized the hearing after a scathing government report in April found “a cascade of errors” by Microsoft allowed state-backed Chinese hackers to break into email accounts used by ...
On September 16, 2020, The U.S. Department of Justice charged Chinese hackers Zhang Haoran, Tan Dailin, Jiang Lizhi, Qian Chuan, and Fu Qiang with breaching more than 100 companies, think tanks, universities and government agencies around the world. [ 8 ] A total of 7 hackers have been charged.
April 11, 2024 at 4:31 PM. By Raphael Satter. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to ...
Operation Aurora was a series of cyber attacks performed by advanced persistent threats such as the Elderwood Group based in Beijing, China, with associations with the People's Liberation Army. [2] First disclosed publicly by Google (one of the victims) on January 12, 2010, by a weblog post, [1] the attacks began in mid-2009 and continued ...
In 2011, a Chinese state TV program displayed outdated screenshots of a Chinese military institute performing cyber attacks on a US-based dissident entity. [66] The direct visual evidence from an official Chinese source challenges China's claims that it never engages in overseas hacking for government purposes.