US cybersecurity firm Recorded Future's report says hacker group targeted Indian establishments for six months while border tensions between India, China were high. New Delhi: A Chinese state-backed hacker group is targeting Indian defence research and other Indian organisations, according to the latest research from an American cybersecurity firm. In a report released on 16 June, cybersecurity firm Recorded Future, headquartered near Boston, said it found links between a “suspected” Chinese state-sponsored threat activity group and the People’s Liberation Army’s Unit 69010, a Chinese military intelligence unit. The unit (69010) also likely has multiple subordinate offices primarily responsible for monitoring military activity along China’s western border,” the report said. Recorded Future has nicknamed the hacker group ‘RedFoxtrot’. The same cybersecurity firm had in March said another China-linked hacker group, nicknamed ‘RedEcho’, was targeting India’s pow...
US cybersecurity firm Recorded Future's report says hacker group targeted Indian establishments for six months while border tensions between India, China were high. New Delhi: A Chinese state-backed hacker group is targeting Indian defence research and other Indian organisations, according to the latest research from an American cybersecurity firm. In a report released on 16 June, cybersecurity firm Recorded Future, headquartered near Boston, said it found links between a “suspected” Chinese state-sponsored threat activity group and the People’s Liberation Army’s Unit 69010, a Chinese military intelligence unit. The unit (69010) also likely has multiple subordinate offices primarily responsible for monitoring military activity along China’s western border,” the report said. Recorded Future has nicknamed the hacker group ‘RedFoxtrot’. The same cybersecurity firm had in March said another China-linked hacker group, nicknamed ‘RedEcho’, was targeting India’s pow...