Silk Typhoon

Alleged Silk Typhoon Hacker Extradited to US for Cyberespionage

| | Cyber threats and incidents, Cybersecurity, hacker, Silk Typhoon
What happened A Chinese national accused of conducting cyberespionage operations on behalf of China’s Ministry of State Security has been extradited from Italy to the United States to face criminal charges. Xu ...
CISO Whisperer
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Chinese Hackers Steal Data from U.S. Legal, Tech Firms for More Than a Year

| | china espionage, Chinese hackers, data theft, Silk Typhoon, UNC5221
Google threat researchers have found that the China-nexus threat group UNC5221 has been hacking into the networks and systems of U.S. legal firms and tech companies, at times spending more than a ...
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Chinese Hacker Linked to Silk Typhoon Charged With Stealing COVID Data

| | China-linked Hackers, covid-19 vaccine, cyberespionage, Silk Typhoon
A 33-year-old Chinese national linked to the Silk Typhoon espionage group was arrested in Italy on a U.S. warrant that accuses him of conspiring with others in hacks of U.S. COVID-19 vaccine ...
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Indictments of Chinese Cyber Spies Reveal Hacker-For-Hire Operation

| | china espionage, Chinese hackers, indictments, Silk Typhoon
The U.S. DOJ indicted a dozen Chinese nationals for their role in a years-long hacker-for-hire campaign that included the Chinese government using private companies and freelance hackers to steal data from U.S ...
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