US Sanctions Chinese Firm, Offers Reward for Cybersecurity Breaches
TL;DR
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity firm Sichuan Silence and its employee Guan Tianfeng for exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Sophos firewalls, compromising around 81,000 firewalls globally, including over 23,000 in the U.S. The attack targeted critical infrastructure, including a government agency and an energy company, with the intent to steal data and potentially deploy Ragnarok ransomware, posing significant risks to human life.
Topics:businesstechnology#chinese-cybersecurity#critical-infrastructure#sophos-firewalls#technology#us-sanctions#zero-day-vulnerability
- US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm for firewall hacks targeting critical infrastructure TechCrunch
- U.S. Takes Action in Response to Compromise of Firewall Products Department of State
- U.S. Charges Chinese Hacker for Exploiting Zero-Day in 81,000 Sophos Firewalls The Hacker News
- US sanctions Chinese firm over potentially deadly ransomware attack Reuters
- US offers $10 million reward for Chinese hackers Radio Free Asia
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