Chinese state hackers infiltrated thousands of smart devices in the Netherlands NL Times

pChinese hackers have hacked into over 2700 devices in the Netherlands as part of a global hack the National Cyber Security Center NCSC reported after warnings from the American and British authorities The hackers are allegedly affiliated with the Chinese State and want to use the over 260000 devices they hacked globally for largescale cyber attacksppThis concerns a wide variety of Small Office and Home Office SOHO equipment such as internet modems routers and various Internet of Things IoT devices The NCSC said Where possible owners of affected equipment will be notified but this only concerns a portion of the total number of affected devices in the NetherlandsppThe NCSC urged Netherlands residents to make sure theyve installed the latest updates on their SOHO equipment Equipment that is directly connected to the internet is unfortunately vulnerable to abuse It is especially important to maintain good basic hygiene with these types of devicesppThe American FBI and British NSA among others warned that Chinese state hackers have broken into over 260000 devices to use for major cyber attacks According to the authorities the hackers targeted routers firewalls and smart devices connected to the internet This mainly involves devices in Europe North America and Asia but also some in Africa South America and AustraliappThe authorities linked the hack to the Beijing Integrity Technology Group a listed cyber security company that allegedly has ties to the Chinese government The hackers used the same techniques and methods as Chinese cyber spies the authorities said pp 20122024 NL Times All rights reservedp