Chinese Hackers Target Routers in IP Theft Campaign

BlackTech Exploits Trusted Relationship Between Outpost and Parent Firm
A Chinese hacking group linked to state authorities has upgraded its capabilities to target companies with headquarters in the United States and East Asia, warns an alert from Japanese and American cyber agencies. The group, BlackTech, has a customized firmware backdoor tailored for Cisco routers.

alert american asia backdoor campaign capabilities chinese chinese hackers cisco companies cyber exploits firmware hackers hacking hacking group ip theft japanese relationship routers state states target theft united united states