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- May 4, 2019
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Members of a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group have been using their skills to enrich themselves for years in operations targeting the gaming industry, cybersecurity company FireEye announced Wednesday.
By day, the group, dubbed APT41, conducts espionage in the health care, telecommunications and education sectors, FireEye said. By night, those same hackers have manipulated virtual currency in the gaming sector and, in one case, they tried to deploy ransomware to line their pockets.
In a first for China-based group, FireEye said, the swindling involves malware typically reserved for spying.
“Their aggressive
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By day, the group, dubbed APT41, conducts espionage in the health care, telecommunications and education sectors, FireEye said. By night, those same hackers have manipulated virtual currency in the gaming sector and, in one case, they tried to deploy ransomware to line their pockets.
In a first for China-based group, FireEye said, the swindling involves malware typically reserved for spying.
“Their aggressive
Meet APT41, the Chinese hackers moonlighting for personal gain
In a first for China-based group, FireEye said, the APT hackers are using malware typically reserved for spying for personal gain.
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