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Exposing One Of China's Cyber Espionage Groups: Report

Mandiant has released a detailed report exposing a multi-year espionage campaign by one of the largest Advanced Persistent Threat groups.

February 25, 2013 / 11:10 IST
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Mandiant, the advanced threat detection and response solutions provider, has released a detailed report exposing a multi-year espionage campaign by one of the largest Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups. The report, “APT1: Exposing One of China’s Cyber Espionage Units”, provides evidence linking one group, designated by Mandiant as APT1, to China’s 2nd Bureau of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Staff Department’s (GSD) 3rd Department (Military Unit Cover Designator 61398) and details how it has systematically stolen confidential data from at least 141 organisations across multiple industries. Click here for full story

first published: Feb 25, 2013 10:49 am

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