Stealthcare CEO Jeremy Samide believes the trade situation has spurred China to launch cyberattacks against the United States.

President Trump’s threat last week to place additional tariffs on Chinese made goods have not only led to counter threats being made by China’s leadership, but Stealthcare CEO Jeremy Samide believes the trade situation has spurred China to launch cyberattacks against the United States.

The attacks Samide’s firm detected and attributed to China came from the LuckyMouse group, also known as, Emissary Panda, APT27. These were found pushing a new malware strain based on the HyperBro Remote Access Trojan RAT. Another incident involved an espionage campaign dubbed MirageFox, attributed to APT15, also known as Vixen Panda, Ke3chang, Royal APT and Playful Dragon.

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