A cyber espionage group from China masqueraded as Iranian hackers while breaking into and spying on Israeli government institutions, according to a new report by security researchers.The report from security company FireEye, which unmasked the group alongside Israeli defence agencies, says there is insufficient evidence to link the espionage group to the Chinese state.
However, the company’s threat analysts are confident that the espionage group is Chinese and that its targets “are of great interest to Beijing’s financial, diplomatic, and strategic objectives”.
The hackers’ attempt to conceal their nationality was “a little bit unusual”, according to Jens Monrad, who …
