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Security Firm Mandiant Says China's Army Runs Hacking Group APT1

Posted by timothy on from the could-just-be-a-side-gig dept.

judgecorp writes "The Chinese government has been accused of backing the APT1 hacking group, which appears to be part of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), according to the security firm which worked with the New York Times when it fell victim to an attack. The firm, Mandiant, says that APT1 is government sponsored, and seems to operate from the same location as PLA Unit 61398." Unsurprisingly, this claim is denied by Chinese officials. You can read the report itself online (PDF), or skim the highlights.

3 of 137 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No kidding by Virtucon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, I'm sure the US government already knows about it and has brought it up privately with the Chinese. I expect the conversations went no where:

    US: We want you to stop your cyberespionage in the US.
    China: You want fried rice or steamed rice with that?

    --
    Harrison's Postulate - "For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism"
  2. Re:No kidding by daem0n1x · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love the smell of naive self-righteous bullshit in the afternoon.

  3. Re:Actual Report Here by Is0m0rph · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you sure with the aliases of Wang Dong and SuperHard this isn't some Chinese gay porno movie making unit?