China-linked group uses malware to try to spy on commercial shipping, new report says

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China-linked group uses malware to try to spy on commercial shipping, new report says
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The cyber espionage group known as Mustang Panda introduced malware over the past five months to gain remote access to “computer systems belonging to cargo shipping companies based in Norway, Greece, and the Netherlands, including some that appeared to be aboard the cargo ships themselves,” according to the Slovakia-based cyber security firm ESET. The report came as top U.K. and U.S.

’s cyber intelligence agency, said that although Russia and Iran posed immediate threats, China remains “the ‘epoch-defining’ challenge” and presented a risk for the security of the internet and the international order. “China has built an advanced set of cyber capabilities and is taking advantage of a growing commercial ecosystem of hacking outfits and data brokers at its disposal,” Anne Keast-Butler said. “China poses a genuine and increasing cyber risk to the U.K.

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