Security News > 2024 > August > China-Backed Earth Baku Expands Cyber Attacks to Europe, Middle East, and Africa
2024-08-14 05:01
The China-backed threat actor known as Earth Baku has diversified its targeting footprint beyond the Indo-Pacific region to include Europe, the Middle East, and Africa starting in late 2022. Newly targeted countries as part of the activity include Italy, Germany, the U.A.E., and Qatar, with suspected attacks also detected in Georgia and Romania. Governments, media and communications, telecoms,
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