Found inside – Page 89“Operation Cloud Hopper.” April 2017. Accessed March 19, 2019 at: https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-report-final-v4.pdf ... The uninvited guests rummaged through internal systems, searching for documents containing certain strings of characters. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Beijing opposed cyber-enabled industrial espionage. HP management only grudgingly allowed its own defenders the investigation access they needed and cautioned against telling Sabre everything, the former employees said. “Since the inception of DXC Technology, neither the company nor any DXC customer whose environment is under our control have experienced a material impact caused by APT10 or any other threat actor,” the spokesman said. However, Reuters’ investigation has disclosed that the campaign has ensnared at least six more major technology firms. Referred to as 'Cloud Hopper', these hacks were found to have been carried out over multiple years, affecting eight of the world's largest technology service providers. Some of the malware found on Ericsson servers was signed with digital certificates stolen from big technology companies, making it look like the code was legitimate so it would go unnoticed. Although it is still unclear as what data was stolen in the campaign, Reuters has revealed that the attack had also affected the telecommunications & networking firm Ericsson, travel reservation platform Sabre and Huntington Ingalls industries. They used the latter to enter the client networks, hence inflicting damage worth many millions of dollars. In one of the largest-ever corporate espionage efforts, cyberattackers alleged to be working for China’s … “We can’t force their hand.”, Additional reporting by Gao Liangping, Cate Cadell and Ben Blanchard in Beijing, By Jack Stubbs, Joseph Menn and Christopher Bing, Photo editing: Steve McKinley and Simon Newman, Edited by Ronnie Greene and Jonathan Weber. Found insideAnd successive incidents of 'cyber-enabled economic espionage' by China ... in both the Pentagon and NASA and in 2017 in a massive 'Cloud Hopper' attack, ... "These include the attempted cyber-attack against the OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) and those publicly known as 'WannaCry', 'NotPetya', and 'Operation Cloud Hopper'." Found inside – Page 55Pricewaterhouse Coopers: Operation Cloud Hopper. ... Kravik, M., Camp, J., Moran, S.: OPERATION HANGOVER – Unveiling an Indian Cyberattack Infrastructure. That failure, intelligence officials say, calls into question Western institutions’ ability to share information in the way needed to defend against elaborate cyber invasions. In the unlikely event they are ever extradited and convicted, the two men would face up to 27 years in an American jail. Individuals and entities from North Korea, China and Russia, responsible for or involved in ‘WannaCry’, ‘NotPetya’, ‘Operation Cloud Hopper’ and the OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) cyber attacks have been identified and received travel bans and an asset freeze in the first ever imposition of restrictive sanctions by the EU Council. The team of hackers behind the campaign are believed to be the work of an APT 10 threat actor group who is associated with the Chinese Ministry of State Security. After the attackers “hopped” from a service provider’s network into a client system, their behavior varied, which suggests the attacks were conducted by multiple teams with different skill levels and tasks, say those aware of the operation. A Reuters report at the time identified two: Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM. Gao Qiang is involved in “Operation Cloud Hopper”, a series of cyber-attacks. Illustration by Catherine Tai/REUTERS. In June 2019, a Reuters investigation reported on a hacker consortium of Chinese cyber spies. July 11, 2019. Greenxmass was Swedish manufacturer SKF, and Oculus covered Ericsson. That would open the door to in-person approaches, physical surveillance or attempts at installing digital tracking tools on their devices. During a private briefing with HPE staff, Huntington Ingalls executives voiced concern the hackers could have accessed data from its biggest operation, the Newport News, Va., shipyard where it builds nuclear-powered submarines, said a person familiar with the discussions. Found inside – Page 109... Cyber Attacks, 10 April, www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cyberattacks/operation-cloud-hopper-what-you-need-to-know, accessed 13 April 2017. “Operation Cloud Hopper” targeted information systems of multinational companies in six continents, including companies located in the European Union, and gained unauthorised access to commercially sensitive data, resulting in significant economic loss. For years, the company’s predecessor, technology giant Hewlett Packard, didn’t even know it had been hacked. The latest report has revealed that Chinese hackers had targeted eight large technology service providers across the globe as a part of a global hacking campaign dubbed Cloud Hopper. Cyber Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities. Originally published in hardcover in 2016 by Simon & Schuster. Found inside2 (Autumn 1982): pp. 28–54. PricewaterhouseCoopers. “Operation Cloud Hopper. ... Toward U.S.-Russia Bilateral Cooperation in the Sphere of Cybersecurity. Another time they went after product manuals, some of which were already publicly available. Computer systems owned by a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls were connecting to a foreign server controlled by APT10. In 2015, investigators found that at least four HP machines dedicated to Sabre were tunneling large amounts of data to an external server. “Limiting knowledge to the customer was key,” one said. “The Chinese government has never in any form participated in or supported any person to carry out the theft of commercial secrets,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry, Reuters reported. When they initially targeted the clients, their efforts were detected by investigators and cyber security teams, and subsequently thwarted. The hackers seemed to be everywhere. The hacking campaign, known as “Cloud Hopper,” was the subject of a U.S. indictment in December that accused two Chinese nationals of identity theft and fraud. Chinese Malicious Cyber Activity. Cloud Hopper cyberattacks, allegedly launched by China's APT10 vs. MSPs & cloud service providers (CSPs) like IBM & HP Enterprise, were larger than first disclosed, report says. The teams of hackers behind the Cloud Hopper network were connected to the Chinese Ministry of State Security. This work highlights several key areas where AI-related technologies have clear implications for globally integrated strategic planning and requirements. It also has a comprehensive system for booking air travel, working with hundreds of airlines and 1,500 airports. Earlier reports had identified Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM to be impacted by the campaign. But the attackers returned, beginning a cycle that continued for at least five years. The Chinese government has denied all accusations of involvement in hacking. HPE spun-off its services arm in a merger with Computer Sciences Corporation in 2017 to create DXC. Found inside – Page 128... Cloud Hopper” UK's National Cyber Security Centre, . “We remain vigilant in our efforts to protect against the evolving threats of cyber-crimes committed by state actors.”. Some intruders resembled “drunken burglars,” said one source, getting lost in the labyrinth of corporate systems and appearing to grab files at random. “In our industry, and across industries, we would all benefit from a higher degree of transparency on these issues.”. Projects Kronos and Echo related to former Swiss biotech firm Syngenta, which was taken over by state-owned Chinese chemicals conglomerate ChemChina in 2017 – during the same period as the HPE investigation into Chinese attacks on its network. The companies were battling a skilled adversary, said Rob Joyce, a senior adviser to the U.S. National Security Agency. Though details of this international ransomware campaign are still emerging, the attack patterns are reminiscent of the mega Cloud Hopper attack, a years-long cyber invasion that was first uncovered in 2016 and targeted the world’s largest technology service providers and their customers. In June 2019, a Reuters investigation reported on a hacker consortium of Chinese cyber spies. This can further allow Chinese firms to take advantage of the data and turn business ties accordingly, and this is only the tip of the iceberg. Through this attack, they entered the cloud networks operated by the tech firms, and subsequently gained access to highly sensitive commercial client data on the cloud network. The hacking campaign, known as “Cloud Hopper,” was the subject of a U.S. indictment in December that accused two Chinese nationals of identity theft and fraud. To achieve operational efficiencies and effectiveness, many IT service providers often leverage common core infrastructure that should be logically isolated to support multiple clients. … CLOUD HOPPER: Major corporations, from IBM to Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Fujitsu, were invaded by Chinese cyber spies, Reuters found. Yet the campaign ensnared at least six more major technology firms, touching five of the world’s 10 biggest tech service providers. This book provides readers with up-to-date research of emerging cyber threats and defensive mechanisms, which are timely and essential. IBM also reported having no evidence if any sensitive data was compromised in the attack. “Those persons and entities or bodies are responsible for, provided support for or were involved in, or facilitated cyber-attacks or attempted cyber-attacks, including the attempted cyber-attack against the OPCW and the cyber-attacks publicly known as ‘WannaCry’ and ‘NotPetya’, as well as ‘Operation Cloud Hopper’, the Council’s ruling dated July 30, 2020 said. Intrusions into these providers create opportunities for the adversary to leverage stolen credentials to access customer environments within the provider network. The latest report has revealed that Chinese hackers had targeted eight large technology service providers across the globe as a part of a global hacking campaign dubbed Cloud Hopper. Up to 122 HPE-managed systems and 102 systems designated to be spun out into the new DXC operation had been compromised, a late 2016 presentation to executives showed. After a 2015 tip-off from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation about infected computers communicating with an external server, HPE combined three probes it had underway into one effort called Tripleplay. Armed with stolen corporate credentials, the attackers could do almost anything the service providers could. The EU also penalized two Chinese nationals, Gao Qiang and Zhang Shilong, and the Tianjin Huaying Haitai Science and Technology Development Co. in connection with Operation Cloud Hopper. “The security of HPE customer data is always our top priority,” an HPE spokesman said. The public attribution garnered widespread international support: Germany, New Zealand, Canada, Britain, Australia and other allies all issued statements backing the U.S. allegations against China. In this book Teri helps us understand the better questions we should be asking about our data, data systems, networks, architecture development, vendors and cybersecurity writ large and why the answers to these questions matter to our ... “Our priority is always to ensure that our customers are protected,” a spokesman said. One nightmare situation involved client Sabre Corp, which provides reservation systems for tens of thousands of hotels around the world. The campaign also highlights the security vulnerabilities inherent in cloud computing services. Also compromised by Cloud Hopper, Reuters has found: Fujitsu, Tata Consultancy Services, NTT Data, Dimension Data, Computer Sciences Corporation and DXC Technology. Found inside – Page 314The continuation of Chinese cyber espionage added to the darkening picture of China. ... cybersecurity companies exposed a campaign they called Cloudhopper, ... Found insideThe first is a battle over cybersecurity, where America's National Security Agency is up against the Chinese Ministry ... group that has gone under the names of 'Stone Panda', 'Red Apollo', 'Cloud Hopper' and 'Potassium' among others. The hacking at Ericsson was persistent and pervasive, said people with knowledge of the matter. According to Western officials, the attackers were multiple Chinese government-backed hacking groups. The Cloud Hopper attacks carry worrying lessons for government officials and technology companies struggling to manage security threats. Cloud Hopper, the name assigned to the Chinese government-backed cyber attacks, wreaked havoc on eight of the world's largest tech providers. China’s Foreign Ministry said the charges were “warrantless accusations” and it urged the United States to “withdraw the so-called lawsuits against Chinese personnel, so as to avoid causing serious harm to bilateral relations.”, The U.S. Justice Department called the Chinese denials “ritualistic and bogus.”. Found inside – Page 96Insights on cybersecurity across the cloud, data, artificial intelligence, ... the Cloud Hopper campaign—have been leveraging very elegant attacks, ... The campaign has impacted organizations in North America, Europe, South America, and Asia—and most recently managed service providers Cybersecurity investigators first identified aspects of the hack, called Cloud Hopper by the security researchers who first uncovered it, in 2016, and … Repeatedly, they took whole directories of credentials, a brazen act netting them the ability to impersonate hundreds of employees. ... Report: Cloud Hopper Attacks Affected More MSPs (BankInfo Security) A persistent question over the past several years is which managed service providers were affected by APT10, a tenacious Chinese hacking group. Operation Cloud Hopper. One of the compromised clients include Ericsson, which deals in critical mobile and telecommunications network infrastructure, rivalling the Chinese technology and electronics conglomerate, Huawei. Two of APT10’s alleged members, Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong, were indicted in December by the United States on charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The six other victim companies are Fujitsu, Tata Consultancy Services, NTT Data, Dimension Data, Computer Sciences Corporation, and DXC Technology. Prosecutors described an elaborate operation that victimized multiple Western companies but stopped short of naming them. Echoes of Cloud Hopper Supply Chain Attack. The intruders stayed a step ahead. Another target was Ericsson, which has been racing against China's Huawei Technologies to build infrastructure for 5G networks expected to underpin future hyper-connected societies. Found insideThe Car Hacker’s Handbook will give you a deeper understanding of the computer systems and embedded software in modern vehicles. A spokesman for DXC, the services arm spun off by HPE in 2017, said the company put “robust security measures in place” to protect itself and customers. Sweden, Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom, France and Switzerland are some of the European countries where firms have been targeted. The Indian IT giant, Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS) reportedly has been a victim of ‘ Operation Cloud Hopper ’, a global cyber espionage campaign attributed to China. An investigative report by Reuters shows how several global IT companies, including TCS, were used to gain access to their client’s networks. 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