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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 05 2020, @08:47PM (2 children)
Everyone should expect everything, why bother with news at all?
You get crazier by the day.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2020, @01:40AM
Wow that's a mighty big leap from expecting spies on both sides to be spies - not sure who's crazier here.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday March 06 2020, @01:32PM
Water is Wet isn't news. Neither is Spies Spied.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.