Chinese hackers target 27 major universities around the world

According to a recent report by network security company iDefense, Chinese hackers have conducted large-scale attacks aimed at nearly 30 universities in the US and around the world, in a clear effort to take over Access to military research, specifically here the Navy, is being carried out and stored at these universities.

The way of attack is not too new. Hackers have sent these educational institutions phishing emails that are disguised and appear as if they are from a partner university, but when opened, these emails will immediately spread the malicious code. The system is targeted and gradually takes control to steal the necessary data.

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The main reason behind these attacks is that traditional universities are considered to be much more 'easy to swallow' than US military contractors, while these institutions are High power can still contain many useful military research materials.

Most network attacks of this type often focus on universities that have research on underwater technology, or own many departments, disciplines and disciplines related to oceanography. According to statistics, many of these 27 universities have a cooperative relationship with the largest oceanographic research institute in the United States, while the institute also has a rather 'close' relationship with the research center. Save the US Navy war, and this is the target the hackers aim for.

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This hacker group has been named by various US security researchers for various nicknames, such as Temp.Periscope, Mudcarp or Leviathan. Their relationship with the Chinese government is unclear, but because this group seems to be targeting US military data only, many analysts believe that some state organization might is the sponsor behind. In other words, this is likely to be a military-political-military cyber attack. The same thing was reported after the investigation of a US Navy contractor's hacking last June.

A note of cyberattacks originating from servers located in China appeared at a time of diplomatic sensitivity when the US was considering introducing stronger bans after a major worry about security. security for giant technology companies from Mainland China such as Huawei and ZTE. Of course Huawei and ZTE both bluntly deny the allegations. But at the same time, there are still new taxes that are constantly being imposed that seriously damage US-China relations.

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Network attacks originating in China occurring during this period only complicate the situation and are likely to lead to an even more intense confrontation on cyberspace, threatening to continue Global network security situation.