Microsoft seizes sites used by APT15 Chinese state hackers


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Microsoft seized today dozens of malicious sites used by the Nickel China-based hacking group to target organizations in the US and 28 other countries worldwide. In their attacks, the Nickel threat actor (also tracked as KE3CHANG, APT15, Vixen Panda, Royal APT, and Playful Dragon) compromised the servers of government organizations, diplomatic entities, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across 29 countries, mainly from Europe and Latin America. Bleeping Computer