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Chinese Hackers Target Government Officials in Europe, South America, and Middle East

September 8, 2022

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A Chinese hacking group has been attributed to a new campaign aimed at infecting government officials in Europe, the Middle East, and South America with a modular malware known as PlugX.

Cybersecurity firm Secureworks said it identified the intrusions in June and July 2022, once again demonstrating the adversary’s continued focus on espionage against governments around the world.

“PlugX is modular malware that contacts a command and control (C2) server for tasking and can download additional plugins to enhance its capability beyond basic information gathering,” Secureworks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

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