Recent developments revealed that Morgan Stanley, a global financial services firm, was hit by the infamous “Aurora” hackers of 2009. The details of said hack were disclosed through leaked HBGary emails.
Operation Aurora gained notoriety when Google publicly announced last January 2010 that it had been a victim of cyber attack, and disclosed that the attacks originated in China. Other researchers inferred from the sophistication of the attack that the Chinese government may have sanctioned, or even masterminded the operation.
Morgan Stanley and Google are not the only ones breached by these hackers. At least 20 more companies have been identified as targets of Operation Aurora. In regards to these findings, the US government is requesting China for a formal explanation.
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