In May this year, computers from the US, Cambodia to Saudi Arabia were hacked. Through this hacking, in addition to sensitive data, things like information about the fire system of a New Jersey company were discovered. American agencies claimed that the China Henan Jiangdug Technology Company was behind this.
In fact, China has changed its strategy since the responsibility of cyber hacking was given to the Ministry of Security from the People's Liberation Army. According to experts, the ministry is now recruiting from a large group of hackers who have agendas of their own. They sometimes use their reach for commercial cybercrime. These allegations clearly show the aggressive campaign of the Chinese government and the sharp change in their strategy.
Now China's leading spy agency is taking the help of private-sector talent for hacking. This new fraternity of hackers has made China's state-of-the-art cyber espionage machinery dangerous. Unpredictable for government and private sector targets. This new breed of hacker sponsored by China attacks the government and private sectors alike and mixes traditional espionage with fraud and other crimes for profit. Investigators claim that some recent major data leaks. Such as taking personal information of more than 500 million people of the Marriott hotel chain.
Experts claim that these new tactics of China are inspired by the tactics of Russia and Iran, which have been harassing public and commercial targets for years. According to an indictment released by the US Justice Department last year, Chinese hackers linked to the Ministry of State Security demanded a ransom in exchange for not leaking the computer source code of a company.
Another group committed fraud with gaming websites, as well as cyber raids on Hong Kong democracy supporters. One member of the group admitted that they had official protection provided they avoided targeting China. According to Robert Potter, head of Australian cyber security firm Internet 2.0, hackers also start stealing money.
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