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Suspected Chinese hackers breach more US defense and tech firms

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Dissent

Sean Lyngaas of CNN reports:

A suspected Chinese hacking campaign has breached four more US defense and technology companies in the last month, and hundreds more US organizations are running the type of vulnerable software that the attackers have exploited, according to research shared with CNN.

The apparent espionage activity, which the National Security Agency helped investigate when it emerged in recent months, is more extensive than previously known and has seen the hackers steal passwords from targeted organizations with a goal of intercepting sensitive communications.

Read more at WRAL.

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