#China government #hackers penetrate #US #internet providers to #spy
Beijing’s hacking effort has “dramatically stepped up from where it used to be,” says fmr top US #cybersecurity ofcl.
#Chinese govt-backed hackers have penetrated deep into US ISPs in recent months to spy on their #users.
The unusually aggressive & sophisticated attacks include access to ≥2 major providers w/millions of customers as well as several smaller providers.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/27/chinese-government-hackers-penetrate-us-internet-providers-spy/
Chinese government hackers penetrate U.S. internet providers to spy
Beijing’s hacking effort has “dramatically stepped up from where it used to be,” says former top U.S cybersecurity official.Joseph Menn (The Washington Post)
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in reply to Nonilex • • •In a blog made public Tues, Lumen said the #hackers used a previously unknown vulnerability, known as a #ZeroDay flaw, in a program made by #VersaNetworks for managing wide-area networks. #Versa acknowledged the critical vulnerability late last week, warning only its direct customers.
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https://blog.lumen.com/taking-the-crossroads-the-versa-director-zero-day-exploitation/
Taking the Crossroads: The Versa Director Zero-Day Exploitation - Lumen
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Unknown parent • • •“This is privileged, high-level connectivity to interesting customers,” said Mike Horka, a researcher at Lumen Technologies & a fmr #FBI agent. It was notable, he added, that the groups considered the effort important enough to exploit previously undiscovered #software flaws that could have been preserved for later use.
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Unknown parent • • •#DNS manipulation is something of a specialty among Chinese govt #hacking groups. A mysterious campaign identified earlier this year by #security experts at #Infoblox & attributed to #China involved using the so-called Great #Firewall of China, which normally misdirects people on the mainland trying to reach restricted services or content.
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in reply to Nonilex • • •On Mon, the Santa Clara, CA-based company published a blog post about the problem, saying that it had issued a patch & that “impacted customers failed to implement system hardening & #firewall guidelines.”
#Lumen wrote that it located #malware inside #ISP routers serving certain groups or individual customers that could intercept passwords from those customers. Lumen said it believed the malicious #software was being used by #VoltTyphoon.
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