Chinese APT group Winnti stole trade secrets in years-long undetected campaign

Security researchers have uncovered a cyberespionage campaign that has remained largely undetected since 2019 and focused on stealing trade secrets and other intellectual property from technology and manufacturing companies across the world. The campaign uses previously undocumented malware and is attributed to a Chinese state-sponsored APT group known as Winnti.

“With years to surreptitiously conduct reconnaissance and identify valuable data, it is estimated that the group managed to exfiltrate hundreds of gigabytes of information,” researchers from security firm Cybereason said in a new report. “The attackers targeted intellectual property developed by the victims, including sensitive documents, blueprints, diagrams, formulas, and manufacturing-related proprietary data.”

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