An undercover Google analyst infiltrated a notorious supply-chain hacking gang
Google's threat intelligence team successfully infiltrated the hacker group TeamPCP during a massive supply-chain attack that compromised over a thousand companies. The operation involved an undercover analyst and collaboration with law enforcement to disrupt the group's activities.
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This demonstrates the increasing role of private tech corporations in proactive cybersecurity and international threat intelligence operations.
fly on the wall An undercover Google analyst infiltrated a notorious supply-chain hacking gang Google’s threat intelligence group said it had a mole inside TeamPCP’s inner circle.
1 Credit: Douglas Rissing via Getty Images Credit: Douglas Rissing via Getty Images Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav Before two of its alleged members were arrested and charged in Australia last month, the hacker group known as TeamPCP carried out a hacking spree unlike any other in history. It tainted hundreds of open-source programs with its malware, stole developer accounts to perpetuate that software supply-chain hacking, and even released a Dune -themed self-spreading worm to automate the process, ultimately breaching more than a thousand companies.
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