London: IT security firm Trend Micro has revealed that China-based hackers carried out a major cyber attacks on Indian government and Tibetan activists’ websites.
Tokyo-based computer security firm further reveals that these attacks were part of an organised effort and attackers succeeded in defacing 233 computers. The Luckycat cyber campaign, is being linked with 90 cyber attacks in recent past that targeted the Indian, Japanese and Tibetan activists.
“Baburaj Varma, Head – Technical Services (India & SAARC) Trend Micro says the attacks have been traced back to hackers based in China. He further said that the attackers targeted a number of Japanese and Indian industrial sites working in aerospace, enginery, engineering, shipping, and military research,” Think Digit reports.
Trend Micro also notes the attacks have been “extremely successful” and were aimed at monitoring the targeted sites.
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