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Chinese hackers disguised themselves as Iran to target Israel

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Published: 13 August 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

In the first documented case of a Chinese attack on Israel, a global cybersecurity company says it was part of a campaign targeting many countries

Chinese hackers disguised themselves as Iran to target Israel (Technology Review)
But they left a few clues that gave them away.

Chinese cyberattack targeted dozens of Israeli public and private organisations (Haaretz)
International cybersecurity company FireEye says the attack was part of a broader campaign that targeted many other countries, in the first documented case of a large-scale Chinese attack on Israel

Photo: A worker at a computer network security fair waits for visitors near a screen depicting a computer alert system in Beijing, April 30, 2021 (Ng Han Guan)

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