Operation Giant Financial Storm Under Circuit Breaker Orders


Since 2022, the BerBeroka group has been mentioned in every annual report released by the QiAnXin Threat Intelligence Center. The group was disclosed by QiAnXin friendly company Trend Micro.

QiAnXin researchers have continued to track it under this name after merging internal groups. In fact, BerBeroka is the same as group such as DRBControl and TAG33 . It has invaded China’s financial, hospital medical, and gaming industries, with the scale of victims far exceeding the APT-Q- 29 and BlackTech QiAnXin disclosed previously. This type of attack is different from the black industry of delivering XXX.exe to WeChat groups . The outsourced attackers themselves have very rich experience in infiltration at home and abroad.

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Source: QiAnXin Threat Intelligence Center


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