{"id":1034,"date":"2023-08-02T12:36:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T12:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2023-08-02T12:36:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T12:36:59","slug":"cloud-company-assisted-17-different-government-hacking-groups-u-s-researchers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/cloud-company-assisted-17-different-government-hacking-groups-u-s-researchers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud company assisted 17 different government hacking groups, U.S. researchers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 1 (Reuters) &#8211; An obscure cloud service company has been providing state-sponsored hackers with internet services to spy on and extort their victims, a cybersecurity firm said in a report to be published on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Texas-based Halcyon said a company called Cloudzy had been leasing server space and reselling it to no fewer than 17 different state-sponsored hacking groups from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, India, Pakistan and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>Cloudzy CEO Hannan Nozari disputed Halcyon\u2019s assessment, saying that his firm couldn\u2019t be held responsible for its clients, of which he estimated only 2% were malicious.<\/p>\n<p>In an exchange over LinkedIn, Nozari told Reuters: \u201cIf you are a knife factory, are you responsible if someone misuses the knife? Trust me I hate those criminals and we do everything we can to get rid of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Digital defenders say the case is an example of how hackers and ransomware gangs use small firms operating at the fringes of cyberspace to enable big hacks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/cloud-company-assisted-17-different-government-hacking-groups-us-researchers-2023-08-01\/\">Read the Full Story Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 1 (Reuters) &#8211; An obscure cloud service company has been providing state-sponsored hackers with internet services to spy on and extort their victims, a cybersecurity firm said in a report to be published on Tuesday. 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