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A new report from California-based Internet security company FireEye<\/a>\u00a0says that a cyberespionage group likely based in China has been targeting government and academic organizations\u00a0in India<\/strong><\/a>, a country whose\u00a0cyberdefense capabilities are relatively undeveloped. The attacks\u00a0allegedly began just prior to Indian Prime Minister Modi’s premier state visit to China<\/a> earlier this year. While the hacks\u00a0in question didn’t carry\u00a0same telltale signs that grant credence to suspicion that Chinese cyberspies\u00a0were behind previous attacks on foreign organizations\u2014such as identical IP addresses being used in separate cases<\/a>\u2014the sensitive\u00a0diplomatic information suggests that China may be responsible. The Washington Post’s Simon Denyer reports:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is most likely Chinese,\u201d said Bryce Boland, FireEye\u2019s chief technology office for Asia Pacific, in an interview. \u201cWe don\u2019t have a smoking gun, but all roads lead to China.\u201d<\/p>\n

[…]\u00a0The cyberespionage group sent targeted spear-phishing e-mails to its intended victims, with Microsoft Word attachments containing information on regional diplomatic issues, FireEye said.<\/p>\n

The attachments contained a script called \u201cWATERMAIN\u201d that, if opened, could infect the user\u2019s computer, creating a \u201cbackdoor\u201d that would allow the attacker access.<\/p>\n

[…\u00a0The WATERMAIN script appeared to have been designed for Chinese-speaking users, Boland said, and targeted information of interest to the Chinese government.\u00a0Attacks were seen on government bodies as well as diplomatic, scientific and educational institutions in Asia.<\/p>\n

In April, FireEye said it had identified another cyberespionage group, also suspected to be based in China, that has been running a decade-long campaign to spy on India and Southeast Asia. […] [Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

FireEye’s findings suggest that hackers in China have been targeting India-based Tibetan activist and exile groups for at least four years<\/strong><\/a>. James Griffiths reports at the South China Morning Post:<\/p>\n

“Over the past four years, this threat group has [targeted] over 100 victims, approximately 70 per cent of which were in India,” [FireEye…] said in a statement.<\/p>\n

It \u201calso targeted Tibetan activists and others in Southeast Asia, with a focus on governmental, diplomatic, scientific and educational organisations.”<\/p>\n

[…]\u00a0Beijing has\u00a0viewed Tibetan groups in India with suspicion ever since the Dalai Lama fled China in 1959 to establish the Central Tibetan Administration, more commonly known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, in Dharamsala.<\/p>\n

[…]\u00a0In April, FireEye reported that a separate Chinese hacking team, APT30, had been spying on governments and businesses in Southeast Asia and India uninterrupted for a decade, echoing claims made by researchers at US firm McAfee in 2011. [Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While the Chinese government\u00a0has long been suspected of targeting exiled Tibetans<\/a> and exiled Uyghur groups<\/a>, Beijing\u00a0has consistently denied any state-sponsored hacking<\/a>. For more on this, see the short documentary “Tibet: Frontline of the New Cyberwar<\/a>” from the Tibet Action Institute, or the Citizen Lab’s 2009 report “Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

China faced (and denied<\/a>) allegations of involvement in a high-profile hacking cases against U.S. government computer systems in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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