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Sophos Discloses Half Decade of Sustained Chinese Attack


Volt Typhoon, APT31, APT41 Targeted Sophos Edge Devices Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) , David Perera (@daveperera) • October 31, 2024

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Firewall maker Sophos disclosed Thursday a half-decade worth of efforts by multiple nation-state Chinese hacking groups to infiltrate its appliances, calling the admission a wake-up call for the cybersecurity industry.

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The campaigns are also further evidence that Chinese nation-state hackers draw from a common pool of vulnerabilities, buttressing what's called the "quartermaster" theory positing that a central organization within the Chinese government disseminates exploits to multiple cyberespionage hacking groups.

Sophos dubbed its counter-offensive effort "Pacific Rim," writing that Chinese hacking groups - identified with varying levels of confidence - such as Volt Typhoon, APT31 and APT41 have penetrated Sophos firewalls with overlapping sets of tactics, tools, and procedures starting in early 2020.

After a first wave of noisy and widespread but ...


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