AI-powered ransomware & cybercrime booming across APJ region

AI: Chinese Cybercrime Markets Move Billions Underground

CrowdStrike’s latest «2025 APJ eCrime Landscape Report» exposes a booming Chinese-language underground economy that has processed billions in illicit trades and a new generation of AI-driven ransomware campaigns sweeping across Asia-Pacific. Despite Beijing’s tight internet controls, Chinese-speaking threat actors have built a vast underground network, according to a media release issued on Wednesday. Marketplaces such as «Chang’an», «FreeCity»,…

AI-powered ransomware & cybercrime booming across APJ region

AI-driven ransomware attacks surge across Asia Pacific and Japan, with decentralised Chinese cybercrime marketplaces and eCrime services fueling the boom.

CrowdStrike 2025 APJ eCrime Landscape Report: Chinese Underground Marketplaces Drive Billions in Illicit Transactions; AI-accelerated Ransomware Surges

AUSTIN, Texas& SINGAPORE---- GovWare 2025-- CrowdStrike today released the 2025 APJ eCrime Landscape Report, exposing a thriving Chinese-language underground ecosystem and the rise of AI-enhanced ransomware operations. Despite the Chinese government’ s internet restrictions and eCrime crackdown, anonymized marketplaces remain central to cybercrime...