What did Operation Aurora do?
Operation Aurora was a series of cyberattacks from China that targeted U.S. private sector companies in 2010. The threat actors conducted a phishing campaign that compromised the networks of Yahoo, Adobe, Dow Chemical, Morgan Stanley, Google, and more than two dozen other companies to steal their trade secrets.
How was Operation Aurora stopped?
The attacks were thought to have definitively ended on Jan 4 when the command and control servers were taken down, although it is not known at this point whether or not the attackers intentionally shut them down. However, the attacks were still occurring as of February 2010.
What type of attack was Operation Aurora?
malware attack
Operation Aurora is a targeted malware attack against at least 30 major companies—including Google and Adobe—which exploited a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer. The exploit allowed malware to load onto users’ computers.
Who hacked Google in China?
It is said the Aurora hackers gained access to certain Google accounts that had US court-ordered wiretaps. Operation Aurora reportedly also targeted at least 34 other companies, including Adobe, Juniper, Rackspace, Symantec, Northrop Grumman, Morgan Stanley, and Yahoo!
Who did Operation Aurora?
the Elderwood Group
Operation Aurora was a series of cyber attacks conducted by advanced persistent threats such as the Elderwood Group based in Asia [8]. The attack has been aimed at dozens of organizations, including Adobe Systems, Juniper Networks, Rackspace, Yahoo, Symantec, Northrop Grumman, Morgan Stanley, and Dow Chemical.
Has Google been hacked?
Over 2 billion Google Chrome users have been warned to update their browsers after a critical hack was discovered. This attack puts almost all Google Chrome users under threat of being hacked. Google itself has confirmed the hack in a blog post after a new zero-day exploit was found in Google Chrome.
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