BlackBerry uncovers China-backed hacker that how they extracts opened data servers for a decade
BlackBerry Ltd.’s researchers found out that China-backed hackers and groups with links to the Chinese government have been extracting data from many of the world's servers for a decade -- largely without being noticed by cyber security.
According to the report published by BlackBerry, the tactics give the hackers the ability to extract information from huge amounts of valuable data from computers using the Linux operating system.
It should be worrying because Linux dominates the back-end infrastructure of large modern data centers. It runs the stock exchanges in New York, London and Tokyo, and nearly all the big tech and e-commerce giants are dependent on it, including the likes of Google, Yahoo, and Amazon.
#BlackBerry executive Eric Cornelius said that the security industry has missed a major component of tactics used by a well-established hacker umbrella group known as WINNIT, which the company says works with China's government. The novel techniques are used against Linux and even the Android operating system.
Cornelius said the point of these China-backed hacking campaigns is to exfiltrate, or steal, information that the United States has claimed is worth “multiple billions of dollars” in intellectual property.
#China #hacker
Further reading:
https://beta.ctvnews.ca/national/sci-tech/2020/4/8/1_4887770.html
BlackBerry Ltd.’s researchers found out that China-backed hackers and groups with links to the Chinese government have been extracting data from many of the world's servers for a decade -- largely without being noticed by cyber security.
According to the report published by BlackBerry, the tactics give the hackers the ability to extract information from huge amounts of valuable data from computers using the Linux operating system.
It should be worrying because Linux dominates the back-end infrastructure of large modern data centers. It runs the stock exchanges in New York, London and Tokyo, and nearly all the big tech and e-commerce giants are dependent on it, including the likes of Google, Yahoo, and Amazon.
#BlackBerry executive Eric Cornelius said that the security industry has missed a major component of tactics used by a well-established hacker umbrella group known as WINNIT, which the company says works with China's government. The novel techniques are used against Linux and even the Android operating system.
Cornelius said the point of these China-backed hacking campaigns is to exfiltrate, or steal, information that the United States has claimed is worth “multiple billions of dollars” in intellectual property.
#China #hacker
Further reading:
https://beta.ctvnews.ca/national/sci-tech/2020/4/8/1_4887770.html
CTVNews
BlackBerry uncovers hacker tools that it says opened data servers for a decade
BlackBerry Ltd. says its researchers have uncovered how China-backed hackers have been able to extract data from many of the world's servers for a decade -- largely without being noticed by cyber security.