Targeting of Avast
Date of report
  • October 2019
Affiliations
  • Government of China
China-aligned hackers breached Czech-based Avast’s network, aiming to compromise the CCleaner tool, which had previously been compromised in 2017.
Suspected victims
  • Avast
Suspected state sponsor
  • China
Type of incident
  • Espionage
Target category
  • Private sector