Analysts finger dirty dozen Chinese hacking groups
US cyber security analysts and experts have reported that 12 groups are behind the bulk of China-based cyber attacks stealing critical data from US companies and government agencies.
According to the Associated Press, the US often gives the attackers unique names or numbers and can tell where the hackers are, and even who they are.
Targets have broadened from the US government to private industry defence companies to critical infrastructure in the last ten to 15 years; according to Jon Ramsey, head of the counter-threat unit at Dell SecureWorks, hackers in China have different digital fingerprints which are often visible through the computer code they use, or the command and control computers through which they route their malicious software.
