A joint report led by the Australian Cyber Security Centre says the hackers, named APT40, had conducted malicious cyber operations for China's Ministry of State Security
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SYDNEY, Australia – Australia’s government cybersecurity agency on Tuesday, July 9, accused a China-backed hacker group of stealing passwords and usernames from two unnamed Australian networks in 2022, adding that the group remained a threat. “The activity and techniques overlap with the groups tracked as Advanced Persistent Threat 40,” said the report, which included inputs from lead cyber security agencies for the United States, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Germany.US and British officials in March had accused Beijing of a sweeping cyberespionage campaign that allegedly hit millions of people including lawmakers, academics and journalists, and companies including defense contractors.
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