Chinese hackers mount fresh attacks - and smarter than ever, says US security firm
The hackers who penetrated the computer network of The New York Times last year have resurfaced with an attack on "an organisation involved in shaping economic policy", experts have warned.
The hackers who penetrated the computer network of The New York Times last year have resurfaced with an attack on "an organisation involved in shaping economic policy", experts have warned.
The security firm FireEye said the original perpetrators "appear to be mounting fresh assaults that leverage new and improved versions of malware".
The new campaigns mark the first significant stirrings from the group since it went silent in January in the wake of a detailed exposé of the group and its exploits
Revelations about the attacks on The New York Times and Wall Street Journal heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing, prompting harsh comments from the White House and other US officials.
Chinese officials repeatedly denied responsibility for the attacks, and since then the United States has in turn been accused of penetrating foreign networks through the spy programmes revealed by leaker Edward Snowden.
FireEye said it had detected "a retooling of what security researchers believe is a massive spying operation based in China".
"The new campaigns mark the first significant stirrings from the group since it went silent in January in the wake of a detailed exposé of the group and its exploits," FireEye researchers Ned Moran and Nart Villeneuve said.