To understand the evolving, shadowy world of cyberwarfare, start with Ukraine. “You can’t really find a space in Ukraine where there hasn’t been a [cyber] attack,” a NATO ambassador tells Wired correspondent Andy Greenberg. “Turn over every rock, and you’ll find a computer network operation.” Beginning in 2015, Ukraine was on the receiving end of vicious cyberattacks that experts later determined were launched by Russia. The attacks were ruthless, targeting every aspect of Ukrainian society: government servers, media organizations, transportation hubs. Ukrainian cyber experts watched helplessly as systems began to crash all around them. There were no public schedules or train service one day. ATMs went dark the next. The coup de grace came when the hackers targeted the electricity grid, plunging hundreds of thousands of innocent Ukrainians into darkness.
Since last year's summers, Chinese hackers have been targeting South Asian companies that own online gambling and betting websites. The gambling companies in South Asia have confirmed the hacks, whereas rumors of cyberattacks on betting websites have also emerged from Europe, and the Middle East, however, the rumors are yet to confirm, says the reports of cybersecurity group Trend Micro and Talent-Jump. Cybersecurity experts claim that no money was stolen in these hacks against the gambling websites. However, hackers have stolen source codes and databases. The motive of the attack was not a cybercrime, but rather espionage intended attack to gain intelligence. According to the experts, a group named ' DRBControl ' is responsible for the cyberattack. According to the reports of Trend Micro, the hacking techniques used in this particular cyberattack incident is similar to methods done by Emissary Panda and Winnti. All of these hacking groups are from China that has launc...
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