A new report finds that foreign cybercriminals were among those who exploited America's dysfunctional benefits programs.
, a well-known threat actor, is said to have used various scams to siphon at least $20 million in relief benefits from state unemployment funds and Small Business Administration loans. That news comes from sources atonline fraud connected to covid relief programs. NBC calls this the “first instance of pandemic fraud tied to foreign, state-sponsored cybercriminals.”
In the past, APT41—also known by its monikers “Winnti” and “Barium”—has been tied to a number of high-profile hacking campaigns that targeted U.S. victims. Earlier this year, the cybersecurity firm Mandiant that the group had penetrated the networks of at least six state governments via bugs in a widely used farming app—a campaign broadly considered to be an espionage effort.
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