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Report: FireEye Says Chinese Hackers Attacking South Korea Over THAAD Deployment

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017

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FireEye [FEYE] found two cyber groups linked to China’s military and intelligence agencies have recently launched attacks on South Korea’s government after South Korea said it would deploy the THAAD missile defense system, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal April 21.FireEye’s director of cyberespionage analysis, John Hultquist, told the publication that normal Chinese hacking of South Korean targets increased in number and intensity in recent weeks after the South Korean government said it would deploy the Terminal…

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