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Chinese Government Hackers Exploit Security Flaw to Spy on Hundreds of Groups Globally

  • China-backed hackers likely behind mass-exploitation of security flaw in Barracuda Networks' email security gear
  • Hackers compromised hundreds of organizations, including almost a third of government agencies
  • Mandiant recommends affected gear be replaced due to deeper access gained by hackers
  • UNC4841 threat group attributed to the hacks, with an intelligence-gathering motivation
  • This is the broadest cyber espionage campaign known to be conducted by a China-backed hacking group since the mass-exploitation of Microsoft Exchange servers in 2021
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