US Arrests Chinese Man Involved With Sakula Malware Used in OPM and Anthem Hacks

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  1. stapp

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    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-sakula-malware-used-in-opm-and-anthem-hacks/
     
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    FYI Re: The Crime:

    "With a series of major hacks, China builds a database on Americans...

    China is building massive databases of Americans’ personal information by hacking government agencies and U.S. health-care companies, using a high-tech tactic to achieve an age-old goal of espionage: recruiting spies or gaining more information on an adversary, U.S. officials and analysts say.

    Groups of hackers working for the Chinese government have compromised the networks of the Office of Personnel Management, which holds data on millions of current and former federal employees, as well as the health insurance giant Anthem, among other targets, the officials and researchers said..."

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...3-11e5-95fd-d580f1c5d44e_story.html?tid=a_inl
     
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    Foreign hackers beware!
    http://thehackernews.com/2017/08/opm-hacker-data-breach.html
     
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    Exclusive: Malware broker behind U.S. hacks is now teaching computer skills in China
    December 24, 2019
    https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-c...aching-computer-skills-in-china-idUKKBN1YS0UK
     
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