Cybersecurity
Chinese Cyber-Spy Hackers Target Cambodia as Elections Loom
- FireEye identifies attacks on ministries, opposition, media
- Same spy group targeted Japanese defense companies this year
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Chinese cyber spies have targeted Cambodian government institutions, opposition party members, diplomats and media, possibly to gather information ahead of elections later this month, according to cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc.
The hacks are suspected to come from a Chinese cyber espionage group known as TEMP.Periscope, according to a report by FireEye, which had previously linked the same group to attacks on targets including U.S. engineering and defense companies with interests in the South China Sea, a key transport waterway that China claims mostly for itself.