German drug conglomerate Bayer says it was victimized in a cyberattack that originated with Chinese hackers, German media reported Thursday. The $39 billion pharmaceutical giant said it found malicious software on its computer networks last year and contained the breach, according to the outlets BR and NDR. Investigators examining the breach said attackers used the Winnti malware, which is tied to a Chinese-based hacking group known as Wicked Panda. The group in the past has been blamed for attacks on targets including the online gambling industry and companies with intellectual property that would benefit Beijing. Wicked Panda “makes use of a number of open-source and custom tools to infect and move laterally in victim networks,” according to a CrowdStrike description. “The group’s tools have been traced to “contractors who count multiple Chinese government agencies as clients, including the Ministry of Public Security. Observed targeting by the Wicked Panda adversary has […]
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