Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the U.S. in the last year, according to a report from a private cybersecurity firm.
WASHINGTON — Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year, according to a report released Tuesday by a private cybersecurity firm.does not identify the compromised states or offer a motive for the intrusions, which began last May.
He added in his statement: “We cannot allow other cyber activity to fall to the wayside, especially given our observations that this campaign from APT41, one of the most prolific threat actors around, continues to this day.”State agencies remain ripe targets for hackers, even as the Biden administration has announced additional steps to safeguard federal government systems from hacking.
The hackers’ “persistence to gain access into government networks, exemplified by re-compromising previous victims and targeting multiple agencies within the same state, that whatever they are after it is important,” Rufus Brown, a senior threat analyst at Mandiant, said in a statement. “We have found them everywhere, and that is unnerving.”that accused Chinese hackers of targeting more than 100 companies and institutions in the U.S.
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