{"id":190534,"date":"2026-02-25T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/google-battles-worldwide-network-of-china-linked-hackers\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:31:09","slug":"google-battles-worldwide-network-of-china-linked-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/google-battles-worldwide-network-of-china-linked-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Battles Worldwide Network of China-Linked Hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google Battles Worldwide Network of China-Linked Hackers<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-25 11:25:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. Google\u00a0has reportedly disrupted a hacking group that breached dozens of organizations in 42 countries.<\/p>\n

The China-linked group, known as UNC2814 and \u201cGallium,\u201d has a nearly decade-long history of\u00a0breaking into the systems of government organizations and telecoms, the tech giant said in findings\u00a0shared\u00a0exclusively with Reuters on Wednesday (Feb. 25).
\n\u201cThis was a vast surveillance apparatus used to spy on people and organizations throughout the\u00a0world,\u201d\u00a0John Hultquist, chief analyst with Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), said.
\nAccording to the report, Google and its partners shut down Google Cloud projects controlled by the hackers, while also disabling the group\u2019s internet infrastructure and the accounts it was using to access Google Sheets.\u00a0Google Sheets, the company added, allowed the hackers to escape detection and blend into regular network traffic.
\nCharley Snyder, senior manager of Google Threat Intelligence Group, told Reuters the group had access to 53 unnamed entities across the 42 countries, and potential access in at least 22 more at the time of disruption.<\/p>\n

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The report includes comments from Chinese Embassy spokesperson\u00a0Liu Pengyu, who said that \u201ccyber security is a common challenge faced by all countries and should be addressed through dialogue and cooperation.\u201dAdvertisement: Scroll to Continue <\/p>\n

\u201cChina consistently opposes and combats hacking activities in accordance with the law, and at the same time firmly rejects attempts to use cyber security issues to smear or slander China,\u201d the spokesperson added.
\nLast month, Google announced it had\u00a0disrupted a network\u00a0that sold the ability to direct internet traffic through consumer devices around the globe to bad actors who could then use this ability to conceal their illicit activities.
\nBy hijacking IP addresses used to service residential or small business customers, the network made it harder for defenders to halt these malicious activities, GTIG said in a blog post.
\nIn other cybersecurity news, PYMNTS spoke recently with\u00a0Jeremiah Dewey, head of Cyber Solutions at Visa, who argued that security should be considered a\u00a0\u201ccore business function\u201d\u00a0rather than a subset of business IT operations.
\n\u201cThe vast majority of fraud begins with a cyberattack,\u201d said Dewey, interviewed for the \u201cVisa Protect Series\u201d hosted by PYMNTS.
\nHe noted that fraud losses,\u00a0false declines, customer attrition and reputational damage all stem from security failures. Preventing those failures might not show up as new revenue, the report added, but it can directly help foster growth.<\/p>\n

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