Chinese hackers launch major cyberattack campaign against businesses across the world

• When SentinelLABS was targeted, the researchers set out looking for more victims
• They found 75 organizations around the world, in different industries
• The researchers believe China may be positioning for conflict, in cyberspace or elsewhere

Chinese hackers have been targeting companies across the world for roughly a year now, and have managed to compromise at least 75 organizations - although the actual number of victims could be a lot bigger.

Cybersecurity researchers at SentinelLABS were alerted to the campaign after their own infrastructure was targeted, and in an analysis, explained that after spotting this failed breach attempt, they started looking for more victims, tried to identify the attackers, and set out to determine when the campaign started.

They concluded that the earliest evidence of the campaign was in June 2024, which means that the attacks were going on for approximately a year.

Preparing for war

They attributed the ...