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posted by takyon on Thursday March 05 2020, @02:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the preemptive-payback dept.

CIA Hackers Targeted China in Decade-Long Campaign: Chinese Security Firm (archive):

A report published on Monday by Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 claims that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) conducted an 11-year-long cyberespionage operation aimed at China's critical industries.

Qihoo's research revolves around the Vault 7 files published in 2017 by WikiLeaks. The Vault 7 files include exploits and tools used by the CIA to target computers, routers, mobile devices, and IoT systems.

Other cybersecurity firms previously linked these tools and exploits to attacks launched by a threat group tracked as "Longhorn" and "The Lamberts" against entities in Europe, Asia and Africa. Qihoo said its own analysis revealed that many of the Vault 7 tools had been used to target Chinese organizations, even before the files were made public by WikiLeaks.

The targeted Chinese entities are said to include government agencies, scientific research institutions, internet companies, the petroleum sector, and aviation-related organizations, particularly in Beijing, Guangdong and Zhejiang. The Chinese company claims it's aware of attacks launched by the CIA between September 2008 and June 2019.


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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday March 05 2020, @03:36AM (1 child)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday March 05 2020, @03:36AM (#966821) Homepage

    You can never trust a man who eats dogs, cats, bats, and three-squeek mouse. But I can get you some underground shit: Whole Racoon in the heart of New York City. Call Chang at 212-867-5309. We got some pretty good underground meats like whale and squirrel here too.

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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by takyon on Thursday March 05 2020, @03:53AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Thursday March 05 2020, @03:53AM (#966837) Journal

    Sorry, no CIA meat for me.

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