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Inside a Firewall Vendor's 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices
British cybersecurity firm Sophos revealed this week that it waged a five-year battle against Chinese hackers who repeatedly targeted its firewall products to breach organizations worldwide, including nuclear facilities, military sites and critical infrastructure. The company told Wired that it trac...
British cybersecurity firm Sophos revealed this week that it waged a five-year battle against Chinese hackers who repeatedly targeted its firewall products to breach organizations worldwide, including nuclear facilities, military sites and critical infrastructure. The hackers' campaigns evolved from mass exploitation in 2020 to precise attacks on government agencies and infrastructure across Asia, Europe and the United States. Wired story adds: Sophos' report also warns, however, that in the most recent phase of its long-running conflict with the Chinese hackers, they appear more than ever before to have shifted from finding new vulnerabilities in firewalls to exploiting outdated, years-old installations of its products that are no longer receiving updates.
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