US EditionChina Unleashes Hackers Against Its Friend Russia, Seeking War Secrets
- Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, China-backed hacking groups have repeatedly targeted Russian military and defense sectors with cyberattacks.
- These cyber intrusions accelerated from May 2022 despite public China-Russia pledges not to spy on each other, revealing deep mistrust between the allies.
- Groups like Mustang Panda and Sanyo impersonated Russian entities and probed systems to gather intelligence on military operations, nuclear submarines, satellite communications, radar, and electronic warfare.
- Rafe Pilling, Sophos's director of threat intelligence, noted that Mustang Panda primarily focuses on collecting political and military intelligence, and he linked the group to China’s Ministry of State Security.
- This espionage suggests China aims to learn from Russia's battlefield experience in Ukraine to enhance its own military readiness amid a complex partnership.
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During the war in Ukraine, Russia has increasingly allied itself with China. But despite the countries' leaders emphasizing their good relationship, groups with ties to the Chinese regime have increasingly targeted Russia with cyberattacks since the start of the war, writes the New York Times.
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Russia and China keep stressing their close partnership. And indeed, according to Kiev, Beijing is supposed to support the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine massively. However, the relationship between the two states could not be quite as harmonious.
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