Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-12-07 00:00:00
Affected organization: Mobile users in China
Affected country: China
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Internal Denial of Service
Motive: Financial
Actor: Gionee
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A court in China finds a Gionee subsidiary guilty of intentionally installing malware on millions of smartphones. The company knowingly infected nearly 21.75 million devices with a Trojan and made $4.2 million in profit.