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Microsoft: Hit a new blow against the Chinese cyber espionage team

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Η Microsoft announced that he had dealt a new blow against one a cyber espionage team coordinated by China.


Όas the company has now announced, 42 domains were confiscated used by the cyber espionage team Nickel, also known by the pseudonym APT15.

This group of hackers by name Nickel, also known as APT15, Mirage or Vixen Panda, has repeatedly made headlines for the attacks it has made on various companies around the world in recent months. These hackers have been active since 2012 and have attacked numerous companies, and their main purpose was to spy on organizations in the private and public sectors, as well as politicians.


The domains used for data collection are now disabled

Η Microsoft had discovered certain areas (Domains) used to collect and transmit data to the group Nickel. A court in the US state of Virginia has now confirmed the seizure of all these domains, and then Microsoft has disabled them. THE Tom Burt, Vice President Microsoft for Security & Customer Confidence, said these areas were used for “gathering information”By government agencies, by various well-known politicians and intellectuals, but also by various human rights organizations.

The hackers' victims were attacked using compromised third-party virtual network providers (VPN) or with stolen credentials obtained by the method Phishing Or with Trojan malware that infects PCs. There were also attacks targeting his systems microsoft Exchange and SharePoint as well as to Pulse Secure VPN.


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