Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-01-31 00:00:00
Affected organization: Hong Kong Universities
Affected country: China
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA Unit 61398)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: China
Description: Researchers from ESET discover a new campaign of the Winnti group targeting some Hong Kong universities via the ShadowPad backdoor.