Latest APT31 news

Finland confirms APT31 hackers behind 2021 parliament breach

The Finnish Police confirmed on Tuesday that the APT31 hacking group linked to the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) was behind a breach of the country's parliament disclosed in March 2021.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 26, 2024
- 05:23 PM
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US sanctions APT31 hackers behind critical infrastructure attacks

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a Wuhan-based company used by the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) as cover in attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure organizations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 25, 2024
- 12:06 PM
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Hackers use new malware to breach air-gapped devices in Eastern Europe

Chinese state-sponsored hackers have been targeting industrial organizations with new malware that can steal data from air-gapped systems.
- Bill Toulas
- August 01, 2023
- 02:31 PM
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Belgium says Chinese hackers attacked its Ministry of Defense

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium says multiple Chinese state-backed threat groups targeted the country's defense and interior ministries.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 19, 2022
- 10:44 AM
- 0
Google: Chinese hackers target Gmail users affiliated with US govt

Google's Threat Analysis Group has warned multiple Gmail users that they were targeted in phishing attacks conducted by a Chinese-backed hacking group tracked as APT31.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 08, 2022
- 11:58 AM
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France warns of APT31 cyberspies targeting French organizations

The French national cyber-security agency today warned of an ongoing series of attacks against a large number of French organizations coordinated by the Chinese-backed APT31 cyberespionage group.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 21, 2021
- 10:13 AM
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Chinese nation state hackers linked to Finnish Parliament hack

Chinese nation-state hackers have been linked to an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place last year and led to the compromise of some parliament email accounts.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 18, 2021
- 09:10 AM
- 0
Chinese hackers used NSA exploit years before Shadow Brokers leak

Chinese state hackers cloned and started using an NSA zero-day exploit almost three years before the Shadow Brokers hacker group publicly leaked it in April 2017.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 22, 2021
- 11:26 AM
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Google warned users of 33,000 state-sponsored attacks in 2020

Google delivered over 33,000 alerts to its users during the first three quarters of 2020 to warn them of state-sponsored phishing attacks targeting their accounts.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 16, 2020
- 05:30 PM
- 0
Microsoft: State-backed hackers are targeting the 2020 US elections

Nation state-sponsored hacking groups operating from Russia, China, and Iran are targeting organizations and individuals involved in this year's U.S. presidential election according to Microsoft.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 10, 2020
- 04:48 PM
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