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China Has Stolen Russian Secret Military Data – And Microsoft Office May Be To Blame

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According to CNews, which cited a survey released by the Kaspersky ICS CERT global cybersecurity research center, the People’s Republic of China has secretly accessed classified data from servers of Russian industrial sector firms. According to the report, various Eastern European countries (including Russia and Afghanistan) were attacked in January 2022 by the Chinese-speaking APT organization TA428, renowned for previous similar campaigns against European and Asian enterprises. The hacking’s main goal was to obtain sensitive secret material, mainly information regarding defense industry projects. Chinese hackers used phishing emails to install the PortDoor virus, which stole the data. The attack was…

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