Australia is among a group of four countries whose government officials have been targeted by suspected China-based hackers attempting to install malicious software on their devices and steal information.
The detail in the document indicates time and money went into its creationAustralia is among four countries whose government officials were targeted by suspected China-based hackers after last month’s Group of Seven meeting in Japan, attempting to install malicious software on their devices and steal information.
Brian Hussey, vice president of cyber threat response at US-listed SentinelOne, whose team discovered the hacking attempt, said the campaign was clearly well funded with a lot of people putting in time and effort., but would not go as far to say they were backed by the country’s Communist regime.“We’ve tracked it back to previous TTP [tactics, techniques, procedures] known to be associated with Chinese groups,” Mr Hussey said.
The attached document claimed to be a series of action statements from the Hiroshima G7 meeting in mid-May related to food security, as well as security issues such as the South China Sea, and was 40 pages long.Hidden within the highly professional document are policy points which China often pushes, including strict adherence to the One China policy and pushback against force being used in the South China Sea.
“What leads us to China, it starts with the victimology, so whose being targeted? These government officials.” “We do say nations who are potentially against the Quad, the criminal groups that sit within those countries, are more likely to then attack after certain announcements,” Mr Duerden said.
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