Hackers working for the Chinese Ministry of Public Security have invaded the network of 8 major technology service providers in the world in an attempt to steal trade secrets from their customers.
Reuters reported on Wednesday (June 26) a global hacking operation called "Cloud Jumping", which the United States and its Western allies blamed on China.
A US prosecution in December last year outlined the rigorous planning actions of hackers to steal Western intellectual property and promote China's economic interests. However, the indictment did not mention the name of the victim company. Reuters reported at the time pointed to two companies: HP and IBM.
Now Reuters found that at least six other technology service providers' network systems were invaded. They are: Fujitsu, Tata Consultancy Services, NTT Data, Enterprise Private Cloud, Computer Science Corporation, DXC Technologies, and HP's spin-off services division.
Reuters also found more than a dozen victims who are customers of these service providers, including Swedish telecom giant Ericsson, US Navy warship manufacturer Huntington Ingles Industries, and travel booking system Sabre.
For a long time, the Chinese government has always denied allegations of involvement in hacking. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Beijing opposes network industrial espionage. In a statement replied to Reuters, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that "the Chinese government has never participated in any form or supported anyone to engage in theft of trade secrets."
Cloud-hopping attacks bring worrying lessons to government officials and technology companies trying to manage security threats. Chinese hackers, including the Chinese hacker group known as APT10, continue to launch cyber attacks in the face of top-level security experts' counterattacks and the 2015 US-China network security protocol.
Although many victims of Chinese hacker cyber attacks are unable to confirm which confidential information has been stolen, senior Western intelligence officials say it is costly.
Hewlett-Packard said that in order to reduce the impact of this attack, protect customer information, and strive to work for customers. DXC said that in order to protect itself and its customers, strong security measures have been set up, and cloud-hopping has not had a major impact on DXC and its customers.
Fujitsu, Tata Consultancy Services, NTT Data, Enterprise Private Cloud, and IBM declined to comment on the report. However, IBM has previously said that there is no evidence that sensitive company data has been leaked in hacking.
Sabre said that a cybersecurity incident was announced in 2015, but the survey concluded that hackers did not get any traveler information. Warship manufacturer Huntington Ingles Industries said the company is convinced that any information in the company's HP or DXC service provider equipment has not been compromised.
Ericsson declined to comment on specific cybersecurity incidents, stating that "although our corporate network has been attacked, in our large-scale investigation, no evidence has been found that Ericsson's infrastructure was used to successfully attack any of our customers. "
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