Chinesische Hacker infiltrieren US-Softwarefirmen und Anwaltskanzleien - Spionage für Pekings Handelskrieg mit Washington

Cyber-Spionage erreicht kritische Infrastruktur

Operation Schattenkrieg

Digitale Eindringlinge umgehen Sicherheitsprotokolle systematisch. Sie nutzen ausgeklügelte Backdoors in Unternehmensnetzwerken. Die Angriffe zielen auf Handelsgeheimnisse und Verhandlungsstrategien ab.

Wirtschaftskrieg im Cyberspace

Geistiges Eigentum wird zur Kriegsbeute. Anwaltskanzleien verlieren sensible Mandantendaten. Softwareunternehmen kämpfen gegen zero-day-Exploits. Die Angriffe verstärken sich parallel zu Handelsgesprächen.

Finanzielle Nebeneffekte

Aktienkurse betroffener Firmen stagnieren - während Bitcoin trotzdem neue ATHs knackt. Cyber-Versicherungsprämien schießen in die Höhe. Unternehmen investieren Millionen in IT-Sicherheit. Die digitale Frontlinie verlagert sich von Regierungsnetzwerken zur privaten Wirtschaft. Ein gefährliches Spiel mit unklaren Regeln.

Chinese hackers seem to be “very active” currently

The suspected Chinese hackers are “very active right now,” said Charles Carmakal, Mandiant’s chief technology officer. “We believe that there are many organizations that are actively compromised that don’t know about it.”

This is “the most prevalent [cyber] adversary in the United States over the past several years,” Carmakal said.

CNN has asked for a response to Mandiant’s discoveries from the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC. Beijing regularly denies US accusations of hacking and claims that the US conducts cyber attacks against China.

Law offices make appealing targets for spying because they help government and business clients deal with trade and national security problems. Suspected Chinese hackers broke into email accounts of lawyers at Wiley Rein, a Washington, DC-based firm, during the summer, CNN previously reported.

The FBI has stated that China’s cyber workers outnumber all FBI agents by at least 50 to 1. For years, under both Republican and Democratic presidents, US officials have tried to fight this numbers disadvantage by revealing the hackers’ methods through criminal charges, penalties, and other actions. In unusual cases, the FBI has arrested Chinese operatives.

Italian police in July arrested a Chinese man who US prosecutors say was part of a hacking group that stole valuable US research about a coronavirus vaccine for Chinese intelligence services.

“He is one of the first hackers linked to Chinese intelligence services to be captured by the FBI,” the bureau’s Houston field office said at the time.

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