As per The Reg, an investigation called „The Matrix“ conducted by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center of China and local cybersecurity firm 360 Total Security.
Facepalm: The term „Chinese hacker“ has become a common saying in pop culture, but it seems the Asian nation has a similar term for the US: the „Empire of Hacking.“ The name appears in a new Chinese report that accuses the CIA of using cyberattacks against China and other countries.
As per The Reg, an investigation called „The Matrix“ conducted by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center of China and local cybersecurity firm 360 Total Security has been published in a report titled Empire of Hacking: The US Central Intelligence Agency – Part I.
The report claims that investigators examining a number of cyberattacks within China captured and extracted a large number of Trojans, functional plug-ins, and attack platform samples alleged to be closely associated with the CIA, revealing an „empire of hackers“ under US control, writes the South China Morning Post.
„These cyberweapons have undergone strict, standardised, and professional software engineering management, which is uniquely followed by the CIA in developing cyberattack weapons,“ the report states.
