FBI Names Chinese Firm Behind Southeast Asia Email Hack Portal — SkimNews
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- Integrity Technology Group, a Chinese cybersecurity company, was named by the FBI and agencies in six other countries on October 8 as the entity behind hacks that stole email from government organizations, law enforcement agencies, healthcare systems, and religious institutions across Southeast Asia.
- The hackers went beyond theft, operating a portal that gave third parties access to the stolen emails, according to the joint advisory.
Why it matters: The joint advisory publicly names Integrity Technology Group, a specific commercial Chinese firm, as the operator of both the email thefts and a third-party access portal — a rare direct attribution that ties a named company to the infrastructure of an ongoing state-aligned intelligence campaign against Southeast Asian government, law enforcement, healthcare, and religious targets.
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