Elizabeth Merrigan is an intern in the Council on Foreign Relations Digital and Cyberspace Policy program.
Since at least 2013, APT17 has reportedly been responsible for a number of network intrusions against U.S. and Southeast Asian government entities, defense industries, law firms, information technology companies, mining companies, and non-governmental organizations. In July 2019, a hacking group calling themselves Intrusion Truth claimed that three members of APT17, which is also known as Deputy Dog and Axiom, are associated with the Jinan Bureau of China’s intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS). Based on their findings, Intrusion Truth believes that APT17 carries out on-demand hacking operations for the MSS. What makes this story even more interesting was the discovery that APT17 has simultaneously targeted Chinese citizens for financial gain.
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According to documents secured by Intrusion Truth, APT17 has circulated a “Price List” of data it has been actively acquiring from Chinese targets to sell for profit among the hacking community in China. While they might be collecting the data to sell it to the MSS, it is also po ..
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