Chinese hackers reportedly targeting government entities using ‘Brickstorm’ malware

Hackers with links to China reportedly successfully infiltrated a number of unnamed government and tech entities using advanced malware. As reported by , cybersecurity agencies from the US and Canada confirmed the attack, which used a backdoor known as “Brickstorm” to target organizations using the VMware vSphere cloud computing platform.

As detailed in a published by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security on December 4, PRC state-sponsored hackers maintained “long-term persistent access” to an…