State-sponsored hackers target Amnesty International Hong Kong with sophisticated cyber-attack
▻https://www.amnesty.org/en/press-releases/2019/04/state-sponsored-cyber-attack-hong-kong
Amnesty International Hong Kong can reveal it has been the target of a sophisticated state-sponsored cyber-attack, consistent with those carried out by hostile groups linked to the Chinese government. The cyber-attack was first detected on 15 March 2019, when state-of-the-art security monitoring tools detected suspicious activity on Amnesty International Hong Kong’s local IT systems. Cyber security experts took immediate action to protect the systems and to commence an investigation into (...)