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‘GhostEmperor’ returns: Mysterious Chinese hacking group spotted for first time in two years

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Dissent

Alexander Martin reports:

An elusive and highly covert Chinese hacking group tracked as GhostEmperor — notorious for its sophisticated supply-chain attacks targeting telecommunications and government entities in Southeast Asia — has been spotted for the first time in more than two years. And according to the researchers, the group has gotten even better at evading detection.

Cybersecurity company Sygnia, in a report published Wednesday, said it discovered GhostEmperor was behind an incident it responded to towards the end of last year when an unidentified client’s network was compromised and used as a launchpad to gain access to another victim’s systems.

Read more at The Record.

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