June 6, 2017 5:00 am
A Chinese cyber security firm carried out a global campaign of cyber espionage and reconnaissance for the Ministry of State Security, Beijing's main civilian spy service, according to security researchers.
The company known as Boyusec, located in Guangzhou near Hong Kong, was
traced to large-scale MSS cyber operations to steal corporate and government secrets, and to conduct cyber reconnaissance—preparing foreign networks for cyber attacks in a future conflict.
"We believe that they were doing intelligence collection and reconnaissance work since at least 2010," Samantha Dionne, a threat analyst with Recorded Future said in an interview.
"They've targeted a really broad range of companies and government departments," she added, including those in
defense industries, telecommunications, advanced technology, and government departments in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Hong Kong.
Chinese cyber intrusions and theft of sensitive data have been massive.
National Security Agency documents made public by renegade contractor Edward Snowden said Chinese cyber attacks have caused
serious damage to U.S. national security.
One NSA report said
China obtained radar design information on advanced jet fighters along with engine schematics as part of the theft of some 50 many terabytes of stolen data—the equivalent digital information contained in five Library of Congress holdings.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/security-analysts-confirm-links-beijing-spy-agency-security-firm/
