https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/05/hackers-infect-multiple-game-developers-with-advanced-malware/
By Dan Goodin
Ars Technica
5/21/2020
One of the world’s most prolific hacking groups recently infected several
Massively Multiplayer Online game makers, a feat that made it possible for the
attackers to push malware-tainted apps to one target’s users and to steal
in-game currencies of a second victim’s players.
Researchers from Slovakian security company ESET have tied the attacks to
Winnti, a group that has been active since at least 2009 and is believed to
have carried out hundreds of mostly advanced attacks. Targets have included
Chinese journalists, Uyghur and Tibetan activists, the government of Thailand,
and prominent technology organizations. Winnti has been tied to the 2010 hack
that stole sensitive data from Google and 34 other companies. More recently,
the group has been behind the compromise of the CCleaner distribution platform
that pushed malicious updates to millions of people. Winnti carried out a
separate supply-chain attack that installed a backdoor on 500,000 ASUS PCs.
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