Chinese Hackers Lurked for Over Two Years to Steal NXP’s Chipmaking IP

Chinese-affiliated hacker group Chimaera secured access to the network of the massive Dutch semiconductor company NXP for more than two years, from late 2017 to the start of 2020, NRC reported.During this time, the notorious hackers allegedly stole intellectual property, including chip designs; however, the full extent of the theft has yet to be revealed. NXP is Europe’s largest chipmaker, and the scale and scope of the disclosed attack is alarming.

The report claims that the hackers lurked in the company’s network for almost 2.5 years before the breach was discovered; the Dutch airline Transavia, a subsidiary of KLM, was the target of a similar attack. In September 2019, hackers gained access to Transavia’s reservation systems. The NXP hack was discovered as a result of communications with NXP IPs found during an investigation into the Transavia hack. The attack uses the ChimeRAR hacker tool, which is one of the defining characteristics of the Chimaera hacking group.

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