Exposing the Undercurrent: Disrupting the GRIDTIDE Global Cyber Espionage Campaign


Last week, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), Mandiant, and partners took action to disrupt a global espionage campaign targeting telecommunications and government organizations in dozens of nations across four continents.

The threat actor, UNC2814, is a suspected People’s Republic of China (PRC)-nexus cyber espionage group that GTIG has tracked since 2017. This prolific, elusive actor has a long history of targeting international governments and global telecommunications organizations across Africa, Asia, and the Americas and had confirmed intrusions in 42 countries when the disruption was executed. The

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Source: Google Threat Intelligence Group


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