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'The allegation by the US side that the Chinese government is 'supporting hacking' is completely distorting the truth,' said Liu Pengyu, the spokesperson for China's embassy in DC.
This is the first incident where a threat actor from the country appears to be laying the groundwork for disruptive attacks in the future, researchers say.
Chinese cyber-spies threaten US infrastructure.
According to Microsoft and researchers, the state-sponsored threat actor could very well be setting up a contingency plan for disruptive attacks on the US in the wake of an armed conflict in the South China Sea.
Cybercrime group that often uses smishing for initial access bypassed traditional OS targeting and evasion techniques to directly gain access to the cloud.