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COPERNICIUM targeting cryptocurrency-related companies, including in China and Hong Kong

Date (as written)
Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2022 (covers July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022)
Year
2022
Country
around the world; China, both on the mainland and in Hong Kong
Actors (as written)
COPERNICIUM
Actor pages
COPERNICIUM
Tags (as written)
cryptocurrency

Source entries (1)

Microsoft Digital Defense Report

COPERNICIUM targeting cryptocurrency-related companies, including in China and Hong Kong · Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2022 (covers July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022)
We observed COPERNICIUM targeting a variety of cryptocurrency-related companies around the world, often with success, to help support North Korea’s struggling economy. ... COPERNICIUM even compromised machines belonging to cryptocurrency-related companies within North Korea’s strongest ally, China, both on the mainland and in Hong Kong. ... we observed COPERNICIUM infect dozens of machines by sending malicious documents masquerading as proposals from other cryptocurrency companies.
https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/final/en-us/microsoft-brand/documents/microsoft-digital-defense-report-2022.pdf

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