Singapore suffers a serious cyber attack attributed to a cyber espionage group linked to China
This attack, which shows an advanced level of hacking known as Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), could compromise Singapore's national security.
Singapore's home affairs minister, K. Shanmugam.
Singapore suffered a "serious" cyberattack directed against its critical infrastructure Saturday, carried out by a cyberespionage group that experts have linked to China.
This attack, which displays an advanced level of hacking known as an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), has the potential to compromise national security, revealed Interior Minister K. Shanmugam, in a speech Friday night.
"I can say that the attack is serious and ongoing. It has been attributed to the UNC3886 group," he specified.
Although he did not give details on who would be behind this group, UNC3886 was identified by Mandiant—a cybersecurity company owned by Google—as a cyberespionage group linked to China, involved in worldwide attacks.
According to the home affairs minister, the Cybersecurity Agency of Singapore and relevant authorities are working to manage the situation.
China denies any involvement
The embassy of the Chinese communist regime in Singapore stated that it "strongly opposes any baseless defamation against China," assuring in a statement that "China is one of the main victims of cyberattacks."
China's embassy in Singapore said Saturday it was "willing to continue to cooperate with all parties, including Singapore, to jointly protect cybersecurity."
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