{"id":43416,"date":"2021-07-19T21:51:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T04:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43416"},"modified":"2021-07-19T21:56:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T04:56:01","slug":"four-chinese-working-with-chinas-state-security-allegedly-targeted-u-s-intelligent-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43416","title":{"rendered":"Four Chinese Working With China&#8217;s State Security Allegedly Targeted U.S. Intelligent Property"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WASHINGTON D.C.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A federal grand jury in San Diego, California, returned an indictment in May charging four nationals and residents of the People\u2019s Republic of China with a campaign to hack into the computer systems, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ChbbqBRSy8w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The computers of dozens of victim companies, universities, and government entities in the United States and abroad between 2011 and 2018, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The indictment, which was unsealed on Friday, alleges that much of the conspiracy\u2019s theft was focused on information that was of significant economic benefit to China\u2019s companies and commercial sectors, including information that would allow the circumvention of lengthy and resource-intensive research and development processes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/two-men-involved-one-largest-smuggling-rings-synthetic-narcotics-arrested-today\/department-of-justice\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3918 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The defendants and their Hainan State Security Department (HSSD) conspirators sought to obfuscate the Chinese government\u2019s role in such theft by establishing a front company, Hainan Xiandun Technology Development Co., Ltd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The two-count indictment alleges that Ding Xiaoyang, Cheng Qingmin, and Zhu Yunmin, were HSSD officers responsible for coordinating, facilitating, and managing computer hackers and linguists at Hainan Xiandun and other MSS front companies to conduct hacking for the benefit of China and its state-owned and sponsored instrumentalities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The indictment alleges that Wu Shurong was a computer hacker who, as part of his job duties at Hainan Xiandun, created malware, hacked into computer systems operated by foreign governments, companies, and universities, and supervised other Hainan Xiandun hackers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/philadelphia-woman-convicted-firebombing-killed-people\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1073\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1073 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg 299w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-120x76.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-265x168.jpg 265w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-284x180.jpg 284w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-274x173.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>The conspiracy\u2019s hacking campaign targeted victims in the United States, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Targeted industries included, among others, aviation, defense, education, government, health care, biopharmaceutical, and maritime. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Stolen trade secrets and confidential business information included, among other things, sensitive technologies used for submersibles and autonomous vehicles, specialty chemical formulas, commercial aircraft servicing, proprietary genetic-sequencing technology and data, and foreign information to support China\u2019s efforts to secure contracts for state-owned enterprises within the targeted country (<em>e.g.<\/em>, large-scale high-speed railway development projects). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/defendants-including-two-doctors-convicted-97-million-medicare-fraud\/ladyjustice\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1537\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1537 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LADYJUSTICE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>At research institutes and universities, the conspiracy targeted infectious-disease research related to Ebola, MERS, HIV\/AIDS, Marburg, and tularemia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">As alleged, the charged MSS officers coordinated with staff and professors at various universities in Hainan and elsewhere in China to further the conspiracy\u2019s goals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Not only did such universities assist the MSS in identifying and recruiting hackers and linguists to penetrate and steal from the computer networks of targeted entities, including peers at many foreign universities, but personnel at one identified Hainan-based university also helped support and manage Hainan Xiandun as a front company, including through payroll, benefits and a mailing address.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThese criminal charges once again highlight that China continues to use cyber-enabled attacks to steal what other countries make, in flagrant disregard of its bilateral and multilateral commitments,\u201d said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco.\u00a0\u201cThe breadth and duration of China\u2019s hacking campaigns, including these efforts targeting a dozen countries across sectors ranging from healthcare and biomedical research to aviation and defense, remind us that no country or industry is safe. Today\u2019s international condemnation shows that the world wants fair rules, where countries invest in innovation, not theft.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/la-cosa-nostra-convicted-felon-admits-to-drug-prostitution-and-weapons-charges\/fbi-logo-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14844\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14844\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cThe FBI, alongside our federal and international partners, remains committed to imposing risk and consequences on these malicious cyber actors here in the U.S. and abroad,\u201d\u00a0said Deputy Director Paul M. Abbate of the FBI. \u201cWe will not allow the Chinese government to continue to use these tactics to obtain unfair economic advantage for its companies and commercial sectors through criminal intrusion and theft. With these types of actions, the Chinese\u00a0government continues to undercut its own claims of being a trusted and effective partner in the international community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The defendants\u2019 activity had been previously identified by private sector security researchers, who have referred to the group as Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) 40, BRONZE, MOHAWK, FEVERDREAM, G0065, Gadolinium, GreenCrash, Hellsing, Kryptonite Panda, Leviathan, Mudcarp, Periscope, Temp.Periscope and Temp.Jumper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/seven-iranians-working-islamic-revolutionary-guard-indicted-cyber-attacks-u-s-financial-companies\/cyber-crime-doj\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21683\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-21683\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cyber-Crime-DOJ-300x96.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cyber-Crime-DOJ-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Cyber-Crime-DOJ.jpg 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a>According to the indictment, to gain initial access to victim networks, the conspiracy sent fraudulent spearphishing emails, that were buttressed by fictitious online profiles and contained links to\u00a0doppelg\u00e4nger domain names, which were created to mimic or resemble the domains of legitimate companies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In some instances, the conspiracy used hijacked credentials, and the access they provided, to launch spearphishing campaigns against other users within the same victim entity or at other targeted entities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The conspiracy also used multiple and evolving sets of sophisticated malware, including both publicly available and customized malware, to obtain, expand and maintain unauthorized access to victim computers and networks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?attachment_id=43217\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43217\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-43217\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/e0udgna-28-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"us a flag on white wall\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/e0udgna-28-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/e0udgna-28-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/e0udgna-28-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/e0udgna-28-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/e0udgna-28-850x1132.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/e0udgna-28.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The conspiracy\u2019s malware included those identified by security researchers as BADFLICK, aka GreenCrash; PHOTO, aka Derusbi; MURKYTOP, aka mt.exe; and HOMEFRY, aka dp.dll. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Such malware allowed for initial and continued intrusions into victim systems, lateral movement within a system, and theft of credentials, including administrator passwords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The conspiracy often used anonymizer services, such as The Onion Router (TOR), to access malware on victim networks and manage their hacking infrastructure, including servers, domains and email accounts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The conspiracy further attempted to obscure its hacking activities through other third-party services. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">For example, the conspiracy used GitHub to both store malware and stolen data, which was concealed using steganography. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/chinese-professor-among-six-defendants-indicted-for-economic-espionage\/china\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12116\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12116 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/CHINA-300x224.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/CHINA-300x224.gif 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/CHINA-45x35.gif 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The conspiracy also used Dropbox Application Programming Interface (API) keys in commands to upload stolen data directly to conspiracy-controlled Dropbox accounts to make it appear to network defenders that such data exfiltration was an employee\u2019s legitimate use of the Dropbox service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Coinciding with today\u2019s announcement, to enhance private sector network defense efforts against the conspirators, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us-cert.cisa.gov\/ncas\/alerts\/aa21-200a\">Joint Cybersecurity Advisory<\/a> containing these and further technical details, indicators of compromise, and mitigation measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The defendants are each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, and one count of conspiracy to commit economic espionage, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON D.C. 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