The Czech Republic officially accused the actor of the threat related to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) of orientation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In a public statement, the government stated that it identified China as a guilty of an angry campaign aimed at one of the Czech Foreign Ministry. The degree of violation is currently not known.
“GRANTITAL ACTIVITIES (…) lasted since 2022 and influenced an institution intended as a Czech critical infrastructure,” this is ” added.
Attack has been linked to a state actor funded by the state, monitored as APT31Also intersecting with threats known as Altaire, Bronze Vinewood, Seast Panda, Lefflesedgoblin, Redbravo, Red Keres and Purple Typhoon (previously zirconium).
The hacking group, which is publicly linked to the State Security Ministry (MSS) and the Hubei State Security Department, is assessed by active activity since 2010, in accordance with the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
Bronze Vinewood is known to use different tools and techniques to access target environments, as well as based on a public code or websites to exchange files for its command and control (C2) to complicate the network detection and cross-traffic C2 against the background of legitimate website viewing.
According to Safas owned by SecureWorks, there are competitions specific attention In organizations operating on state networks or in defense or provide services to these organizations.
In March 2024 Doj accused Seven Hackers related to APT31, accusing them of carrying out a cyber -scalp aimed at us and foreign critics, journalists, enterprises and political officials to promote foreign intelligence and economic purposes of MSS.
Approximately at the same time the Finnish police – called Actor threatening the organization of cyberattacks aimed at the country’s parliament in 2020.
Recently this month ESET disclosed In its latest APT report, which in December 2024 was sent to the Central European Structure to expand a spying called Nanopo. While the Czech Republic is a central European nation, it is now unclear whether these attacks are related.
Strongly condemning The Czech government, a malicious cyber company, stated that “this behavior undermines the authority of the People’s Republic of China and contrary to its public declaration.”
The government further stated that the activity violates the responsible behavior of the state in the cyberspace approved by the United Nations members. He urged China to follow these standards and refrain from staging such attacks in the future.
