A Microsoft report reveals that Chinese cyber actors are targeting entities related to US military drills in Southeast Asia, particularly in countries belonging to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The report states that these cyber actors are primarily interested in targets connected to the numerous US military exercises conducted in the region, including those between the US and the Philippines. The group known as Flax Typhoon has been identified as one of the entities involved in these cyber attacks.
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Microsoft found that these cyber actors affiliated with China “appeared particularly interested in targets related to the numerous US military drills conducted in the region” including US-PH military exercises.It said that Flax Typhoon targeted entities connected to US-PH military exercises. In late 2023, it saw the group taking aim at new targets in the Philippines, Hong Kong, India, and the United States.
In June 2023, Raspberry Typhoon, also China-based, targeted “military and executive entities in Indonesia and a Malaysian maritime system in the weeks prior to a rare multilateral naval exercise involving Indonesia, China, and the United States.
One of its propaganda campaigns involved the distribution of a 300-page e-book containing scandalous accusations against Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. According to US magazineBefore this, Storm-1376 amplified a series of AI-generated memes accusing then-Taiwanese presidential candidate William Lai of embezzlement, as well as a false video of an AI actor “revealing” Lai’s illegitimate children. Lai won Taiwan’s January 2024 election, and will be inaugurated on May 20, 2024.
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