A security company has details revealed about a Chinese unit of staatshackers, who has been working since at least 2007, especially on the European and American satellite and aerospace industry focus. The group makes for the spread of malware using e-mail attachments.
The group operates from Shanghai for the Chinese people’s liberation army, claims Us security firm CrowdStrike, on the basis of research. The unit has the name Putter Panda received, because, among other conference participants for playing golf, target. According to the research made use of vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Microsoft Office malware for spionagedoeleinden to spread. It was also made use of hacked sites, to covertly attack. CrowdStrike claims of attacks in other to be able to resolve to addresses of the Chinese military.
The New York Times, which says the claims are partly to be able to confirm, mentions as an example an attachment that appears to be from a Yoga studio in the French Toulouse. The brochure would be sent to employees of space agencies in Toulouse, home to Airbus, the Galileo satellite system and Spot Image, which focuses on satellite imagery.
Not only the ruimtevaartbranche, but also public services in the U.S., Europe and Japan would be the target of Putter Panda. The group at the NSA, known as Unit 61486, and in contact with Unit 61398. The U.S. has five members of this last group indicted for stealing trade secrets from several large companies. The indictment led to tensions between the US and China, with back and forth accusations of espionage.
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