State-backed China hackers targeting South China Sea claimants, US cyber firm says Throughout 2021 Chinese hackers with suspected links to the state have targeted government and private sector organizations across Southeast Asia, especially South China Sea claimants, a U.S. cybersecurity company says in a new report. In the report released Wednesday, Insikt Group – a team of threat researchers from the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future – said that the South China Sea territorial disputes “very likely constitute another driver of China’s cyber espionage activity.” Insikt said the hackers also target countries related to projects and countries strategically important to the...