Another Chinese Army Unit Has Been Implicated In Online Spying And Hacking US Satellite and Aerospace Companies

Researchers at Crowdstrike, a security company, believe this People's Liberation Army complex in Shanghai, surrounded by satellite dishes and dormitory-style residences, is the headquarters for a group of Chinese military hackers. Credit The New York Times

2nd China Army Unit Implicated in Online Spying -- New York Times

SAN FRANCISCO — The email attachment looked like a brochure for a yoga studio in Toulouse, France, the center of the European aerospace industry. But once it was opened, it allowed hackers to sidestep their victim’s network security and steal closely guarded satellite technology.

The fake yoga brochure was one of many clever come-ons used by a stealth Chinese military unit for hacking, said researchers at CrowdStrike, an Irvine, Calif., security company. Their targets were the networks of European, American and Japanese government entities, military contractors and research companies in the space and satellite industry, systematically broken into for seven years.

Just weeks after the Justice Department indicted five members of the Chinese army, accusing them of online attacks on United States corporations, a new report from CrowdStrike, released on Monday, offers more evidence of the breadth and ambition of China’s campaign to steal trade and military secrets from foreign victims.

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