A flurry of unsealed indictments reveal China’s alleged well-coordinated effort to use a hacker-for-hire ecosystem to conduct espionage while obscuring the government’s direct involvement.
CrowdStrike observed significant growth in China’s offensive cyber capabilities last year as more groups used sector-specific skills to target critical industries and technologies.
Then-National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone arrives for a closed-door hearing in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in 2023. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Cynthia Kaiser, deputy assistant director in the FBI’s cyber division, speaks during CyberScoop’s Zero Trust Summit on Feb. 19, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)
The Chinese nation-state threat group intruded five additional telecom networks between December and January, including two unnamed providers in the U.S., Recorded Future researchers said.