"Four days before U.S. and Russian leaders met in Helsinki, hackers from China launched a wave of brute-force attacks on internet-connected devices in Finland, seeking to gain control of gear that could collect audio or visual intelligence, a new report says... The China-based hackers’ primary target was SSH (or Secure Shell) Port 22 — not a physical destination but a specific set of instructions for routing a message to the right destination when the message hits the server. 'SSH brute force attacks are commonly used to exploit systems and [internet of things, or IOT] devices online,' the report says. 'SSH is often used by IoT devices for ‘secure’ remote administration.'... The attackers also heavily targeted Session Initiation Protocol, or SIP, Port 5060, used by teleconferencing software and internet-based phone apps..." https://www.defenseone.com/technolo...rnet-things-during-trump-putin-summit/149873/
