Russia and China-sponsored hackers threaten the world with cyberattacks


Source: globalsecuritymag.com globalsecuritymag.com

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Russian-backed hackers carried out 27 cyberattacks in 2022. The attacks mainly targeted Ukraine due to the war started by Russia. Ukrainian government websites, organizations, and broadcasting companies suffered a total of 23 espionage, data destruction, or denial of service attacks. China has sponsored 24 cyberattacks this year so far. State-backed hackers attacked the United States, Indian and Taiwanese governments and organizations. With the growing tensions between China, Taiwan, and the US, such cyberattacks could happen even more often in the year’s second half. North Korea-sponsored hackers engaged in 9 cyberattacks. Their main targets were the US and South Korea. Iran...