Date of report
- April 2021
Affiliations
Five U.S. federal agencies were targeted in a Chinese espionage operation, along with several defense contractors and financial institutions in the country. The hackers made use of zero-day vulnerabilities in the PulseSecure VPN system to gain access to the different organizations' systems.
Suspected victims
- U.S. government agencies and contractors
Suspected state sponsor
- China
Type of incident
- Espionage
Target category
- Government
- Private sector