Tag: Chinese hackers
Gambling Sites Hit by Chinese Hackers
February 23, 2020
Don’t look now, but Chinese hackers have set their sites on internet gambling. Since the summer of last year, a group of professional hackers has been targeting online gambling websites. According to reports published this week by cyber-security firms Talent-Jump and Trend Micro, hacks have been officially confirmed at gambling companies located in Southeast Asia, while unconfirmed rumors of additional hacks have also come from Europe and the Middle East. Talent-Jump and Trend Micro say hackers appear to have stolen company databases and source code, but not money, suggesting the attacks were espionage-focused, rather than cybercrime motivated. The two security…