China’s APT Groups May Be Looking to Cash In
Two campaigns have resulted in encrypted drives and ransom notes, suggesting that some China-linked nation-state advanced persistent threat groups have added financial gain as a motive, researchers say.
A China-linked state-sponsored group has started adopting ransomware tactics and appears to be pursuing financial gains against companies that otherwise would not be considered targets of espionage, according to an analysis of a spate of ransomware attacks published on Jan. 4.
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