It is unclear if the hackers conducted the theft for personal gain or if they were operating on behalf of Beijing. CNN has requested comment from the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.
The hacking group the Secret Service blamed for the activity is known to the cybersecurity industry as APT41 and has for years allegedly conducted espionage on behalf of the Chinese government while also dabbling in self-enrichment schemes.
Sneaky hackers reverse defense mitigations when detected
A financially motivated threat actor is hacking telecommunication service providers and business process outsourcing firms, actively reversing defensive mitigations applied when the breach is detected.
The campaign was spotted by Crowdstrike, who says the attacks started in June 2022 and are still ongoing, with the security researchers able to identify five distinct intrusions.
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
SiriusXM Vulnerability Lets Hackers Remotely Unlock and Start Connected Cars
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a security vulnerability that exposes cars from Honda, Nissan, Infiniti, and Acura to remote attacks through a connected vehicle service provided by SiriusXM.
The issue could be exploited to unlock, start, locate, and honk any car in an unauthorized manner just by knowing the vehicle's vehicle identification number (VIN), researcher Sam Curry said in a Twitter thread last week.
North Korean Hackers Spread AppleJeus Malware Disguised as Cryptocurrency Apps
The Lazarus Group threat actor has been observed leveraging fake cryptocurrency apps as a lure to deliver a previously undocumented version of the AppleJeus malware, according to new findings from Volexity.
"This activity notably involves a campaign likely targeting cryptocurrency users and organizations with a variant of the AppleJeus malware by way of malicious Microsoft Office documents," researchers Callum Roxan, Paul Rascagneres, and Robert Jan Mora said .
Did hackers take the technology out of the Hudson County Schools of Technology? - nj.com
The Hudson County Schools of Technology operated on a half-day schedule Monday because its website and internal servers were down. EJA
Classes at the Hudson County Schools of Technology Secaucus and Jersey City campuses were cut short and all after-school activities were canceled Monday because the district's internal computer servers were knocked offline.
Hackers hijack Linux devices using PRoot isolated filesystems
Hackers are abusing the open-source Linux PRoot utility in BYOF (Bring Your Own Filesystem) attacks to provide a consistent repository of malicious tools that work on many Linux distributions.
A Bring Your Own Filesystem attack is when threat actors create a malicious filesystem on their own devices that contain a standard set of tools used to conduct attacks.
Hackers steal hundreds of thousands from Norfolk Airport Authority vendors | WAVY.com
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The FBI is investigating a hack of the Norfolk Airport Authority after $389,000 was sent to a criminal's bank account through five payments.
In a statement to 10 On Your Side, NAA Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff Steve Sterling confirmed that the investigation is still ongoing.
'Team Mysterious Bangladesh' Hackers Target Indian Education Entity - Infosecurity Magazine
A threat actor group named “Team Mysterious Bangladesh” has claimed to have compromised the Indian Central Board of Higher Education (CBHE) systems.
According to a new advisory by cybersecurity experts at CloudSEK, the hackers would have stolen personally identifiable information (PII), including names, Aadhaar numbers, Indian Financial System Codes (IFSC codes) and other details of numerous individuals.
Hackers access owner data, execute commands through shared vehicle telematics - Repairer Driven ...
A security engineer recently uncovered security vulnerabilities in vehicles produced by four OEMs, through hacking the website of one company that manages telematics functionality for those manufacturers and seven others.
The findings seem to support the concerns raised by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (AAI) over efforts by the aftermarket to pass “right-to-repair” initiatives that would force OEMs to standardize access to sensitive vehicle data.
New: the Secret Service has determined that hackers linked to China's APT41 stole millions of US covid relief funds… https://t.co/Ue6Jy3Rt2O kevincollier (from NYC) Mon Dec 05 13:23:25 +0000 2022
Chinese hackers stole millions worth of U.S. COVID relief money, Secret Service says https://t.co/lBXETmT2RX https://t.co/6LKNGLD0nw Reuters (from Around the world) Tue Dec 06 00:47:05 +0000 2022
"The Secret Service's changing story on records raises additional questions about its role in the…incident," said… https://t.co/kZzfBa3lFO EpochTimes (from New York, USA) Mon Dec 05 15:10:01 +0000 2022
Chinese government-linked hackers have stolen at least $20 million in US government coronavirus relief funds, a US… https://t.co/BetDkLmflr CNN Mon Dec 05 23:00:18 +0000 2022
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