China’s Elite Hacking Unit Disappeared Inexplicably

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans

The company that helped uncover major online security breaches from China last year says exposing the hackers had the effect of shutting them down — at least temporarily. Last year, the New York Times reported on what it believed to be an elite Chinese military unit that had been sitting on its networks, quietly spying on it and countless other U.S. companies. The news kicked off months’ worth of debate about America’s exposure to cyberattack. The unit, labeled as “Advanced Persistent Threat 1” or APT1 by the independent security firm Mandiant, usually communicates with the malware it has installed in various targets year-round. According to a new report from Mandiant published on Thursday, APT1 ceased virtually all its activity in early 2013. An unusual behavior for this group was compared to previous years. And found an abnormal pattern compared to other threats Mandiant tracks and that it says are based in China. After the Times report, this advanced persistent threat didn’t stop its activities for more than a couple months. If anything, its command and control communications seemed to intensify in late summer last year compared to previous years. “This is actually fascinating evidence (data in graphs by Mandiant) that […]

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