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Chinese Hackers Target Routers in IP Theft Campaign

Issued by: DataBreach Today

A Chinese hacking group linked to state authorities in Beijing has upgraded its espionage capabilities to target companies with headquarters in the United States and East Asia, warned an alert from Japanese and American cyber agencies. The latest campaign from BlackTech has targeted networks of regional subsidiaries across government, industrial, technology and defense industrial base…

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Report: Chinese State-Sponsored Hacking Group Highly Active

Issued by: SecurityWeek

The hacking group, which the report calls RedGolf, shares such close overlap with groups tracked by other security companies under the names APT41 and BARIUM that it is thought they are either the same or very closely affiliated, said Jon Condra, director of strategic and persistent threats for Insikt Group, the threat research division of…

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Morocco Detains Frenchman Wanted in US Over Cybercrime: Police Source

Issued by: Security Week

Sebastien Raoult was taken in for questioning on May 31 at the Rabat-Sale airport in relation to an Interpol red notice over a cyber-piracy case, the Moroccan police source said, declining to be identified and providing no further details. Interpol red notices ask member countries to provisionally detain people pending possible extradition or other legal…

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Missouri Man Sentenced to Prison Over Role in SIM Swapping Scheme

Issued by: Security Week

The man, Garrett Endicott, 22, of Warrensburg, Johnson County, who pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme, was also ordered to pay $121,000 in restitution, the United States Department of Justice said on Tuesday. Endicott is the sixth member of the international hacking group “The Community” to have been sentenced in connection with the…