A clandestine group of sophisticated Chinese hackers have infected scores of sites on the Web and stolen documents from industrial and government organizations with surgical precision, according to a Dell SecureWorks study released last week. Dubbed “Threat Group 3390,” the cybergang has used infected websites of some 100 organizations across the globe — in Iran, Iraq, Zambia, Italy, Afghanistan, Qatar and Ecuador, as well as in other parts of Europe, South America, the Middle East and Africa — to trap their targets.
Study: Chinese Hackers Are Savvy, Surgical
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. August 13, 2015 11:41 AMA clandestine group of sophisticated Chinese hackers have infected scores of sites on the Web and stolen documents from industrial and government organizations with surgical precision, according to a Dell SecureWorks study released last week. Dubbed “Threat Group 3390,” the cybergang has used infected websites of some 100 organizations across the globe — in Iran, Iraq, Zambia, Italy, Afghanistan, Qatar and Ecuador, as well as in other parts of Europe, South America, the Middle East and Africa — to trap their targets.