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China Hacked HPE, IBM and Then Attacked Clients, Report Finds (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Hackers working on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security breached the networks of Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM, then used the access to hack into their clients' computers, according to five sources familiar with the attacks. The attacks were part of a Chinese campaign known as Cloudhopper, which the United States and Britain on Thursday said infected technology service providers in order to steal secrets from their clients. While cybersecurity firms and government agencies have issued multiple warnings about the Cloudhopper threat since 2017, they have not disclosed the identity of technology companies whose networks were compromised. IBM said it had no evidence that sensitive corporate data had been compromised. HPE said it could not comment on the Cloudhopper campaign.
Cloudhopper targeted managed service providers (MSPs) to access client networks and steal corporate secrets from companies around the globe, according to a U.S. federal indictment of two Chinese nationals unsealed on Thursday. Prosecutors did not identify any of the MSPs that were breached. Cloudhopper, which has been targeting technology services providers for several years, infiltrated the networks of HPE and IBM multiple times in breaches that lasted for weeks and months. Reuters was unable to confirm the names of other breached technology firms or identify any affected clients. Both IBM and HPE provided statements but declined to comment on the specific claims made by the sources. "The security of HPE customer data is our top priority," HPE said. "We are unable to comment on the specific details described in the indictment, but HPE's managed services provider business moved to DXC Technology in connection with HPE's divestiture of its Enterprise Services business in 2017."
"IBM has taken extensive counter measures worldwide as part of its continuous efforts to protect itself and its clients against constantly evolving threats," the company said in an emailed statement. "We take responsible stewardship of client data very seriously and have no evidence that sensitive IBM or client data has been compromised."
Cloudhopper targeted managed service providers (MSPs) to access client networks and steal corporate secrets from companies around the globe, according to a U.S. federal indictment of two Chinese nationals unsealed on Thursday. Prosecutors did not identify any of the MSPs that were breached. Cloudhopper, which has been targeting technology services providers for several years, infiltrated the networks of HPE and IBM multiple times in breaches that lasted for weeks and months. Reuters was unable to confirm the names of other breached technology firms or identify any affected clients. Both IBM and HPE provided statements but declined to comment on the specific claims made by the sources. "The security of HPE customer data is our top priority," HPE said. "We are unable to comment on the specific details described in the indictment, but HPE's managed services provider business moved to DXC Technology in connection with HPE's divestiture of its Enterprise Services business in 2017."
"IBM has taken extensive counter measures worldwide as part of its continuous efforts to protect itself and its clients against constantly evolving threats," the company said in an emailed statement. "We take responsible stewardship of client data very seriously and have no evidence that sensitive IBM or client data has been compromised."
This is unforgivable, in terms of IBM and HPE.
They stored client details in a manner that hacked credentials could access them? IBM and HPE could be up for millions, if not billions, in damages here. Client details should be amongst the most secure credentials they have. As a senior technical consultant, my credentials at my clients are usually second only to their system administrators. If they leaked out, it would be catastrophic!
Would not want to be at HPE or IBM right about now...
So this seems to be the origin : https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-report-final-v4.pdf
Mentioning a probably-China-based "APT10" group, based on the time of most attacks.
"CloudHopper" is the codename PwC gave to the APT10 attack, not a secret service code name.
I suppose keyboard warriors like you are hard men. Oh wait, cunts like you just keep complaining about SJWs and acting worse than them.
Those who do not learn from commit history are doomed to regress it.
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Well, I fine upstanding nation like China will surely abide by any treaty you think you have signed with it.