US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm for firewall hacks targeting critical infrastructure

21:20 10.12.2024
The U.S. sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees for exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Sophos firewalls to target U.S. organizations. On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department said Guan Tianfeng, an employee of Sichuan Silence, used the vulnerability to compromise approximately 81,000 firewalls in April 2020. The hacking campaign, detailed by Sophos […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
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