Secretive Chinese Army Unit Blamed for Costly Cyberattacks

A shadowy Chinese army unit is to blame for many of the most effective cyberattacks against the United States, argues a leading cybersecurity firm in a new report.

Security firm Mandiant outed the unit Tuesday in a report issued after tracking individual members of a top Chinese hacking group, which it identifies as "APT1," for six years. Mandiant concluded the group is working with assistance from the Chinese government and is likely People's Liberation Army Unit 61398, a unit dedicated to cyberwar and corporate espionage on the behalf of the Chinese government.

"Our analysis has led us to conclude that APT1 is likely government-sponsored and one of the most persistent of Chinas cy…
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