China-Sponsored Hacking Groups are Targeting Ukrainian government

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Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has unearthed a cyberespionage operation sponsored by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and other Chinese intelligence agencies targeting Ukrainian government to gather information on the ongoing conflict.

Billy Leonard, a security engineer at Google TAG, said Google has informed that Ukrainian government agencies are targeted by China-sponsored hacking groups.

“Over the last few weeks Google TAG has identified a govt backed actor from CN targeting Ukrainian govt orgs, and we provided notifications to impacted parties,” Billy Leonard said. “While our priority is providing notifications to impacted parties, we’ve provided related IOCs to community partners, and we will publish more details for the security community in the near future.”

Group leader Shane Huntley also confirmed Leonard’s assessment, saying that “the Ukrainian war has not only attracted the attention of European threatening players, but China is working hard here too.”

Last week, the hacktivist co

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