After hacker attack
USA imposes sanctions against Chinese company
Following an extensive hacker attack, the USA has imposed sanctions on a Chinese cyber security company. The Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company based in Chengdu and its employee Guan Tianfeng are alleged to have infiltrated malware into thousands of computers worldwide in April 2020.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen More than 80,000 firewalls were affected, the Treasury Department in Washington announced on Tuesday. According to the report, three dozen of these were running at companies entrusted with the operation of critical infrastructure. If the hacker attack had not been countered, this could have led to fatalities.
A statement from Guan was not initially available. The Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company had already been associated with dubious digital activities in the past. In 2021, Facebook and Instagram operator Meta accused the company of involvement in a coordinated disinformation campaign about the Covid pandemic. The government in Beijing denies any involvement in cyber attacks.
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