A recently disclosed cyber espionage operation, dubbed LapDogs, has drawn scrutiny following revelations from SecurityScorecard’s Strike Team. The operation, believed to be conducted by China-aligned threat actors, has quietly infiltrated over 1,000 devices across the United States, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
What makes this campaign distinctive is its use of hijacked SOHO routers and IoT hardware, transforming them into Operational Relay Boxes (ORBs) for sustained surveillance. LapDogs is an ongoing campaign, active since September 2023, targeting real estate, media, municipal, and IT sectors. Devices from known vendors such as Buffalo Technology and Ruckus Wireless have reportedly been compromised.
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