Chinese Hackers Target UK Engineering Company: Report

By Ionut Arghire on November 14, 2018 Recent attacks on an engineering company in the United Kingdom were attributed to a China-related cyber-espionage group despite the use of techniques usually associated with Russian threat actors.
 
The hacking group, which is referred to as TEMP.Periscope and is also known as Leviathan, has been active for half a decade and was observed targeting engineering and maritime entities earlier this year. In July 2018, the group targeted the employees of a U.K.-based engineering company in a spear-phishing campaign, Recorded Future reports. 
 
The attack also targeted an email address believed to belong to a freelance Cambodian journalist who covers local politics, human rights, and Chinese development. Both attacks used the infrastructure previously associated with TEMP.Periscope, while the group’s interest in the engineering company likely dates back to May 2017.
 
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