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China is conducting intelligence operations in The Netherlands that are targeting key industrial sectors including semiconductors, aerospace and maritime technology, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans recently warned.  Dutch national security and transatlantic supply chains are in danger because of state sponsored cyber-attacks and clandestine intelligence operations.  This activity threatens not only the Netherlands, but also the entire free world.

In reaction to similar Chinese targeting

Researchers recently discovered that suspected Iranian hackers impersonated recruiters on LinkedIn to target the aerospace industry in a new espionage campaign.  So-called “fake worker” schemes are typically associated with North Korean threat actors.  However, the Israel-based cybersecurity company ClearSky has attributed this latest campaign to the Iranian operation tracked as TA455, likely a subgroup of the Iranian government cyberwarfare group Charming Kitten.[1]

Researchers suggest that TA4

A cyberespionage campaign aimed at aerospace and defense sectors to install data gathering implants on victims' machines for purposes of surveillance and data exfiltration may have been more sophisticated than previously thought.  The use of job of employment ads and postings have the recent bait for unsuspecting victims.

The attacks, which targeted IP-addresses belonging to internet service providers (ISPs) in Australia, Israel, Russia, and defense contractors based in Russia and India, involve