Microsoft seizes 42 domains allegedly used by a Chinese cyber espionage group that targeted organizations in 29 countries including the US
Microsoft said today that its legal team has successfully obtained a court warrant that allowed it to seize 42 domains used by a Chinese cyber-espionage group … Source: Microsoft On the Issues .
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@campuscodi
Catalin Cimpanu
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NEW: Microsoft seized last week 42 domains used by Chinese cyber-espionage group Nickel (APT15) in its fifth legal action against an APT group and 24th overall https://therecord.media/... https://twitter.com/...
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@msftissues
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Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit obtained a court order to seize malicious websites that were being used by nation-state actor, Nickel, to attack organizations in 29 countries. Read more from @TomBurt45: https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
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@campuscodi
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A copy of the complaint is here: https://www.documentcloud.org/ ... A copy of the seized domains is here: https://www.documentcloud.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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@campuscodi
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The domains were being used in a campaign that targeted government agencies, think tanks, and human rights organizations in the US and 28 other countries. Also of note... this is the first cropped world map I've seen in a report and I gotta say it's freaking me out. https://twitt…
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@byron_wan
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Microsoft has successfully obtained a court warrant allowing it to seize 42 domains used by 🇨🇳 cyber-espionage group Nickel (aka APT15, Mirage, Vixen Panda, Ke3Chang) in recent operations that targeted organizations in the US and 28 other countries. 1/n https://therecord.media/..…
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“Our disruption will not prevent Nickel from continuing other hacking activities, but we do believe we have removed a key piece of the infrastructure the group has been relying on,” a Microsoft executive said. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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“The group was likely using the websites to install malware that helped it gather data from government agencies and other groups, the company said.” via @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/...