The Global Times reports that on Sunday, researchers at a Beijing-based cybersecurity lab uncovered a hacker group with members primarily located in Europe and North America. This group has been launching sustained cyberattacks against China as its primary target, posing a serious threat to the country’s cybersecurity and data security.
According to a report obtained by the Global Times from the Qi An Pangu lab, the hacking group Against The West (ATW) has claimed to have disclosed sensitive information including source code and databases of important information systems related to China more than 70 times since 2021, affecting some 300 information systems of more than 100 important government agencies, including aviation and infrastructure departments.
In particular, the research demonstrates that since 2022, ATW has accelerated its momentum and has continued to conduct widespread scanning, detection, and “supply chain” attacks against Chinese networks.
Experts in cybersecurity from Qi An Pangu lab have tracked ATW members for a long time and discovered that the majority of them work as programmers or network engineers and reside in Switzerland, France, Poland, Canada, and other countries.
On Sunday, the Global Times reported that a Beijing-based cybersecurity lab had uncovered a hacking gang with members primarily located in Europe and North America that had been waging ongoing assaults against China as its major objective.
A report obtained by the Global Times from the Qi An Pangu lab reveals the hacking group Against The West (ATW) has claimed to have disclosed sensitive information including source code and databases of important information systems related to China more than 70 times since 2021, affecting some 300 information systems of more than 100 important government agencies, including aviation and infrastructure departments.
Specifically, the research demonstrates that since 2022, ATW has increased its momentum and has continued to conduct large-scale scanning detection and “supply chain” attacks on Chinese networks.
Experts in cyber security at China’s Qi An Pangu lab have established, through extensive monitoring of ATW members, that the majority of them are situated in Switzerland, France, Poland, Canada, and other nations and work as programmers and network engineers.
On Sunday, the Global Times reported that a Beijing-based cybersecurity lab had uncovered a hacking gang with members primarily located in Europe and North America that had been waging ongoing assaults against China as its major objective.
A report obtained by the Global Times from the Qi An Pangu lab reveals the hacking group Against The West (ATW) has claimed to have disclosed sensitive information including source code and databases of important information systems related to China more than 70 times since 2021, affecting some 300 information systems of more than 100 important government agencies, including aviation and infrastructure departments.
Specifically, the research demonstrates that since 2022, ATW has increased its momentum and has continued to conduct large-scale scanning detection and “supply chain” attacks on Chinese networks.
Experts in cyber security at China’s Qi An Pangu lab have established, through extensive monitoring of ATW members, that the majority of them are situated in Switzerland, France, Poland, Canada, and other nations and work as programmers and network engineers.
”"This is a typical ‘supply chain' attack," a senior cybersecurity expert from the lab told the Global Times on Sunday.
He suggested that software development enterprises should immediately repair software vulnerabilities, strictly control public network access permissions, and make timely modifications to default access passwords, and further improve the security management ability of source code.
As for the leakage of the system source code deployed in the user unit, the expert suggested that software development enterprises should strengthen the security audit of the system source code and encrypt and store the source code and data of important information systems.
”"Cybersecurity-related government departments and technical teams should strengthen the monitoring of illegal cyberattack activities of the ATW organization, warn the trend of attack, and carry out background tracing and other countermeasures," the expert said.
