Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-10-14 00:00:00
Affected organization: High-profile Asian mobile hardware and software manufacturer
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Manufacturing
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA Unit 61398)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: China
Description: Researchers from ESET reveal that the Winnti Group hackers have used a new modular Windows backdoor, called PortReuse, to target a high-profile Asian mobile hardware and software manufacturer.