Inside a Firewall Vendor's 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices
Sophos detailed to me its
5-year cat-and-mouse game with Chinese hackers repeatedly exploiting its firewalls. The company resorted to installing spy "implants" on devices the hackers were testing on—tracing them to a university and contractor in Chengdu.
Sophos' experience gives a glimpse of how determinedly and on what a huge scale China's state hackers are hijacking "perimeter" security appliance like firewalls and VPNs to breach targets—and how a network of Chinese academic and private-sector researchers is enabling them.
https://www.wired.com/story/sophos-chengdu-china-five-year-hacker-war/
Sophos detailed to me its
5-year cat-and-mouse game with Chinese hackers repeatedly exploiting its firewalls. The company resorted to installing spy "implants" on devices the hackers were testing on—tracing them to a university and contractor in Chengdu.
Sophos' experience gives a glimpse of how determinedly and on what a huge scale China's state hackers are hijacking "perimeter" security appliance like firewalls and VPNs to breach targets—and how a network of Chinese academic and private-sector researchers is enabling them.
https://www.wired.com/story/sophos-chengdu-china-five-year-hacker-war/