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Chinese hacker group APT10 has been plundering the cloud installations for dozens of businesses for over three years, but a news report by Reuters made their actions public knowledge. Now, further digging into the scandal has revealed that the groups impact was far more extensive than initially suspected. Several major cloud providers have fallen prey to the group. However, many companies have failed to inform their clients that they may be the victims of this particular hack. Providers, hoping to protect their reputation, had simply told their clientele that the issue was dealt with when it wasnt.

A report issued by the Wall Street Journalon the 30th of December, 2019 notes that at least a dozen cloud providers werecaught in the breach, including massive brands like IBM and Canadas CGI Group.Managed service providers are the ideal target for these hackers since oncethey breach the initial security, they have access to any of the data that thecompanies which use the service have stored on the server.

The WSJ report comes on the heels of aReuters scoop last year, which initially broke the news about APT10 and CloudHopper. The newest findings mention that over 10,000 records of US NavyPersonnel were taken. The impact on company reputations has made it difficultfor service providers to disclose details about the attack. However, the lackof knowledge about the events makes it even more difficult for cybersecurityfirms and departments to work out what happened. The UKs National CyberSecurity Centre issued warnings to companies that they should be extremely waryof cloud providers that are unwilling to share information about securitybreaches.

Over the last year since the story broke,APT10 has gone mostly silent. The US Justice Department has arrested twoindividuals it thinks took an active part in the campaign. However, certainsecurity companies still report software within the cloud pinging known APT10IPs, making it likely that the group is still operational in some way.

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