Chinese hackers from Tecncent apparently attack Indian and Tibetan websites
Trend Micro is reporting that websites of Indian government and Tibetan activists in India were attacked in a cyber attack campaign by a Chinese hacker, working with one of the world's largest online retailers Tencent.
Known as the Luckycat cyber campaign, about 90 attacks were detected in recent past, against targets in India and Japan, as also Tibetan activists, according to the report released Trend.
According to Baburaj Varma, Trend Micro's technical services head for India & SAARC, they were able to track elements of this campaign to hackers based in China. The victims included Indian military research organisations and shipping companies, besides aerospace, energy and engineering companies in Japan.
