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Reportseverity: High2022-03-08

APT41 compromises at least six U.S. state government networks

published by Mandiant
Actor
APT41CN · ChinaAPT

Chinese state-affiliated group notable for blending espionage with financially-motivated operations (game-industry currency theft, cryptocurrency). Implicated in multiple software supply-chain compro…

Summary

Mandiant reported that APT41 successfully compromised at least six U.S. state government networks between May 2021 and February 2022 via web-application exploitation, including rapid weaponization of zero-day vulnerabilities in USAHerds and Log4j.

Tags

us-state-governmentlog4shellusaherds

Primary source

cloud.google.com

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