The Wuhan Earthquake Monitoring Center in China has been hit by a cyber-incident perpetuated by a hacker group with an “overseas government background.” The Global Times newspaper, owned by the Chinese Communist Party, reported on July 26 that the Wuhan Municipal Emergency Management Bureau revealed that the Monitoring Center had been subjected to a cyber-attack by an “overseas organization.” In its statement on Wednesday July 26, the Bureau said the public safety center immediately sealed off affected equipment and reported the attack to the authorities, according to the Global Times. The newspaper claimed that “preliminary evidence suggests that the government-backed cyber-attack on the center came from the US.” It said that a Trojan horse program originating from abroad had been discovered at the Wuhan Earthquake Monitoring Center, as confirmed by the Jianghan sub-bureau – a public security bureau.

Source: Infosecurity Magazine – Information Security & IT Security