US Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for 2020 Ransomware Attack
The U.S. has sanctioned Sichuan Silence, a Chinese cybersecurity firm involved in ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure in 2020. One of its employees, Guan Tianfeng, has also been charged individually.
U.S. Hits Chinese Cyber Firm for Critical Infrastructure Attack
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity firm, Sichuan Silence, and its employee, Guan Tianfeng, for their roles in a 2020 global firewall breach that targeted critical U.S. infrastructure,
US sanctions Chinese firm over potentially deadly ransomware attack
The United States sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity company over an ambitious cyberattack that U.S. Treasury officials say could have killed people.
US sanctions China cyber firm for potentially deadly ransomware attack
Some firewalls targeted in the US were protecting critical infrastructure companies, the US Treasury Department says.
US Sanctions Member of China's Cyber Hacker Army
Guan Tianfeng represented his employer, a state contractor, in hacking competitions, which analysts fear strengthen China's cyberattack capabilities.
Feds indict Chinese hacker for trying to compromise firewalls used by ‘U.S. critical infrastructure companies’
The federal government has accused a Chinese hacker — whose company is a Chinese intelligence-linked contractor — as part of an effort in April 2020 to exploit weaknesses in computer firewalls
US Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for Hacking 81K Firewall Devices
Sichuan Silence and one of its employees allegedly exploited a zero-day attack to spread malware to firewall devices, including 23,000 based in the US.
Chinese Cybersecurity Firm Sanctioned, Employee Charged by US
The US sanctioned a Chinese company it accused of working for intelligence agencies and charged one of its employees with hacking into the computer systems of thousands of businesses across the globe,
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