The US government has sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity firm and charged Guan Tianfeng, an employee, with “a conspiracy to hack indiscriminately into firewall devices worldwide in 2020.” Tianfeng, who goes by gbigmao, was at the center of a major hacking scandal. According to the US Treasury and Justice Department, he and his team wrote malware that exploited a vulnerability in Sophos firewall tech, or a “zero-day” exploit. While the hack was primarily to steal data, a statement by the Treasury Department claims that “serious injury or loss of human life” was also on the table. Targeting around 81,000 firewalls, Tianfeng and other hackers hit glaring vulnerabilities.
Chinese Hacker Wanted By Us Government For Firewall Hacking
Joel Loynds, ReadWriteWeb
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 3:58am
Topics: guan tianfeng us treasury justice department targeting cve-2020-12271 sql the treasury department united states u.s sophos chinese uk part volt typhoon us other apt31 apt41 salt typhoon fbi readwrite chinese tianfeng us treasury department sophos sophos chinese sophos government for firewall hacking hackers firewalls infrastructure worldwide targets vulnerability cybersecurity systems code claims report involved access zero-day security
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