Recently, the US government has filed charges against the five hackers for hacking more than 100 firms worldwide. The hackers belong to China, and the name of the hacker group is APT41.
The threat actors not only hacked the firm, but they also hacked social media and video game companies, universities, telecommunications providers, healthcare providers, non-profits, and think tanks.
The APT41 group stole all relevant intellectual property, client data, and proprietary source code. Rather than the US, the APT41 hacker group also negotiated foreign government computer systems in India, Vietnam, and pro-democracy legislators and activists in Hong Kong.
Five Chinese Nationals Indicted
According to the report of the department of justice of the US, the two hackers of APT41, Zhang Haoran, and Tan Dailin, were identified and charged in August 2019. And they have charged for hacking all the…