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IT Sector Faces Growing Threats From IP-Hungry China, AI-Enabled Cybercriminals
- Chinese government-linked hackers represent the most serious threat to Technology companies, CrowdStrike said Tuesday in its annual threat landscape report.
- Between April 2025 and March 2026, cyber operatives working for Beijing targeted the Technology sector most frequently, "likely in response to Beijing's strategic imperative to achieve technological self-sufficiency."
- Technology firms in North America bore the brunt of cyberattacks, accounting for 45% of intrusions and 49% of extortion victims, while Cybercrime overall accounted for 65% of sector attacks.
- Significant China-linked operations include Sunrise Panda attacks on Southeast Asian Technology entities and Murky Panda's password-spraying campaign against Microsoft Azure, enabling high-value intelligence collection.
- Hacker gangs claim to be extorting 572 Technology companies, as automated tools fuel Cybercrime by enabling actors to generate credential-collection scripts and erase forensic evidence rapidly.
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