Russian & Chines Affiliated Hackers Attack The Netherlands

Uploaded on 2024-11-04 in TECHNOLOGY--Hackers, INTELLIGENCE-Hot Spots-Russia, INTELLIGENCE-Hot Spots-China, INTELLIGENCE--Europe, GOVERNMENT-National, FREE TO VIEW

The Dutch National Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism and Security (NCTV) has warned that both Russia and China are intensifying their cyber attacks against the Netherlands and NATO allies.

China's activity is no longer just espionage but appears to be extending pepartions for sabotage.

These hackers are focused on penetrating critical infrastructure for potential future sabotage, as well as to obtain sensitive information, the NCTV said in it’s recently published research.

According to the NCTV, the Chinese-originated offensive cyber operations are in collaboration with businesses, universities, and Chinese intelligence services. While Chinese state-sponsored hacker groups have long conducted large-scale and persistent cyber espionage campaigns against the Netherlands and its allies, there has been an increase in the intensity, scope and technical sophistication of these campaigns over the past year.

One of the latest Chinese government hacking operations, known as Volt Typhoon, shows that although China has hitherto focused on espionage, the latest activity has targeted critical infrastructure to potentially take destructive action.

In a related development, the Dutch national police have reported that unidentified hackers stole “work-related contact details,” including names, email addresses, phone numbers and private information from thousands of its officers.

The police have said that it is very likely that a state-sponsored threat actor was behind the data breach.

Image: Ideogram

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