2023-11-21 06:58:00 UTC

Amid growing tensions in the South China Sea, the Philippines government has fallen victim to a cyber attack orchestrated by the China-linked hacking group, Mustang Panda. According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, this adversarial collective was responsible for three separate campaigns in August 2023, mainly targeting organizations in the South Pacific. The hackers employed legitimate software to carry out their attacks, adding to the complexity of safeguarding against such breaches.