Chinese Hacking Unit
Feb 19, 2013 · a shadowy unit of china's vast army, tucked away in a nondescript office building in the thriving business hub of shanghai, is behind a huge proportion of the hacking attacks on u. s. websites. Pla unit 61398 (also known as apt 1, comment crew, comment panda, gif89a, and byzantine candor)(chinese: 61398部队, pinyin: 61398 bùduì) is the military unit cover designator (mucd) of a people's liberation army advanced persistent threat unit that has been alleged to be a source of chinese computer hacking attacks. the unit is stationed in pudong, shanghai. Chinahacking charges: the chinese army's unit 61398 operating out of a tower block in shanghai, unit 61398 allegedly hacks western companies in support of the chinese government's political and. In 2014, the u. s. indicted the five chinese officers for computer hacking and economic espionage. mandiant described apt1 as "one of more than 20 apt groups with origins in china. ". U. s. cybersecurity firm m...