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The Insikt Group, the intelligence research department of the US network security consulting firm Recorded Future, published a report on Thursday stating that a group suspected of being funded by the Chinese government is targeting Taiwan, Nepal, and the Philippines telecommunications organizations.
The threat group, which researchers tracks as Threat Activity Group 22 (TAG-22), is targeting telecommunications, academic, research and development, and government organizations in the three countries. Some of the activity appears to be ongoing as of now, researchers said.
The latest attack play into a larger backdrop of apparent Chinese hackers snooping on global competition in the telecommunications space, which has become an arena of political and economic conflict between China and the United States.
“In particular, the targeting of the ITRI is notable due to its role as a technology research and development institution that has set up and incubated multiple Taiwanese technology firms,” researchers wrote. “The organization is focused on technology and sustainability projects that align with Chinese development interests. In recent years, Chinese groups have targeted mu
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