A few Chinese hacker teams do most US data theft

As few as 12 different Chinese groups, largely backed or directed by the government there, do the bulk of the China-based cyberattacks stealing critical data from U.S. companies and government agencies, according to U.S. cybersecurity analysts and experts. The aggressive, but stealthy attacks, which steal billions of dollars in intellectual…

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Chinese company hit by mega-DDoS attack

DDoS criminals are trying to batter down DDoS defences with larger attacks and new techniques, mitigation outfit Prolexic has said, only weeks after the company detected a huge assault on a Chinese company. The attack on the unnamed organisation and its DNS provider happened between 5 and 12 November and…

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