Chinese government hacker exploiting ScreenConnect, F5 bugs to attack defense and government entities

A hacker allegedly connected to the People's Republic of China has been exploiting two popular vulnerabilities to attack U.S. defense contractors, U.K. government entities and institutions in Asia.  A new report from Google-owned security firm Mandiant spotlighted the work of a threat actor they call UNC5174. The researchers believe UNC5174 is a former member

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