Security News > 2020 > September > FBI adds 5 Chinese APT41 hackers to its Cyber's Most Wanted List

The United States government today announced charges against 5 alleged members of a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group and 2 Malaysian hackers that are responsible for hacking more than 100 companies throughout the world.

The later indicted three Chinese hackers are associated with a network security company Chengdu 404 Network Technology, operated as a front by the People's Republic of China.

As uncovered previously in multiple reports, the APT41 group specializes in software supply-chain attacks, where hackers steal proprietary "Source code, software code signing certificates, customer account data, and valuable business information," and distribute digitally signed malicious versions of the software to infect systems at targeted organizations.

The targeted industries include "Software development companies, computer hardware manufacturers, telecommunications providers, social media companies, video game companies, non-profit organizations, universities, think tanks, and foreign governments, as well as pro-democracy politicians and activists in Hong Kong.".

The FBI confirmed that all 5 Chinese nationals remain at large.

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