Chinese cyber espionage attacks against Russia have increased by 300% in the past two months. This is the surprising finding from software security company, Kaspersky Lab’s researchers, who have found that Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have recently switched their attention from US and British organisations and focused it on those in Russia and the former Soviet Union. But there have been “several” APT groups seen targeting Russian victims, he said. The researchers say they are not sure why this has happened, but believe there may be a number of reasons. The agreement won support but also some degree of skepticism, with observers suggesting that China would not ultimately fully comply with the agreement.
Chinese cyber espionage attacks against Russia have increased by 300% in the past two months. This is the surprising finding from software security company, Kaspersky Lab’s researchers, who have found that Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have recently switched their attention from US and British organisations and focused it on those in Russia and the former Soviet Union. The researchers say they are not sure why this has happened, but believe there may be a number of reasons. The agreement won support but also some degree of skepticism, with observers suggesting that China would not ultimately fully comply with the agreement.