State-Sponsored Chinese hacking Group is Highly Active; Alleges American Cybersecurity Firm

A Chinese hacking group suspected to be sponsored by the Chinese government is still “highly active”, a private American cybersecurity firm Insikt Group said in a new report on Thursday. According to this cybesecurity firm, this hacker group is focusing on a broad range of targets that may be of strategic interest to China’s government and security services. This hacker group was earlier linked to previous attacks on U.S. government computers.

The hacking group was named RedGolf by the American cybersecurity firm. Insikt Group said it had identified a cluster of domains and infrastructure “highly likely used across multiple campaigns by RedGolf” over the past two years.

The firm believes that this activity is likely being conducted for intelligence purposes rather than financial gain.

China’s Foreign Ministry denied the accusations, saying, “This company has produced false information on so-called Chinese hacker attacks more than once in the past.” Chinese authorities have consistently denied any form of state-sponsored hacking, instead saying China itself is a major target of cyberattacks.