China Unit Targets Indian Telcos, Firms in Cyber Espionage
Published by Recorded Future of US, evidence of sustained chinese cyber operations targeting india’s infrastructure in the power and ports sectors.
Editorial Staff
China Unit Targets Indian Telcos, Firms in Cyber Espionage
A suspected unit of Chinese cyber soldiers targeted Indian telecom companies, government agencies and several defence contractors, a cyber threats intelligence company said on Thursday, disclosing what it said was technical evidence of these operations and links to a specific People’s Liberation Army (PLA) unit. The findings were published by the United States-headquartered Recorded Future, which earlier this year reported evidence of sustained Chinese cyber operations targeting India’s critical infrastructure in the power and ports sectors. The unit exposed in March was called RedEcho, while the new group has been identified as RedFoxtrot. “Recorded Future’s Insikt Group identified the suspected Chinese state-sponsored group we track as RedFoxtrot targeting multiple Indian organisations throughout 2020 and 2021. “Within India specifically, we identified the group successfully targeting two telecommunications organisations, three defence contractors, and several additional governments an…
