China-linked 'Electric Panda' hackers seek U.S. targets, intel agency warns

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Nearly 40 U.S. contracting facilities with access to classified information have been targeted by a hacking group with suspected ties to the Chinese government since Feb. 1, according to a bulletin disseminated to contractors by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency on Wednesday.

The bulletin, obtained by Politico, is marked unclassified/for official use only, and warns that DCSA’s cyber division detected nearly 600 “inbound and outbound connections” from “highly likely Electric Panda cyber threat actors” targeting 38 cleared contractor facilities, including those specializing in healthcare technology.


[link:https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/16/china-electric-panda-hackers-seek-us-targets-191220|