Security News > 2024 > December > U.S. Charges Chinese Hacker for Exploiting Zero-Day in 81,000 Sophos Firewalls
2024-12-11 06:29
The U.S. government on Tuesday unsealed charges against a Chinese national for allegedly breaking into thousands of Sophos firewall devices globally in 2020. Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao), who is said to have worked at Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company, Limited, has been charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Guan has been
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