By Lilly Chapa
Chinese hackers are switching up their tactics by spying on national security think tanks, according to researchers at Crowd Strike. Several groups have been compromised in the defense, finance, legal, and government areas, and hackers are gathering information on Iraq and the Middle East. The cyber attack group, Deep Panda, has been able to infiltrate e-mail accounts, directories, and files from the think tank sites. "This is undoubtedly related to the recent Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) takeover of major parts of Iraq and the potential disruption for major Chinese oil interests in that country. In fact, Iraq happens to be the fifth-largest source of crude oil imports for China and the country is the largest foreign investor in Iraq’s oil sector. Thus, it wouldn’t be surprising if the Chinese government is highly interested in getting a better sense of the possibility of deeper U.S. military involvement that could help protect the Chinese oil infrastructure in Iraq,” according to Crowd Strike.
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