{"id":144279,"date":"2026-01-15T20:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144279"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:39:20","slug":"china-linked-hackers-targeted-us-agencies-with-venezuela-themed-phishing-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144279","title":{"rendered":"China-linked hackers targeted US agencies with Venezuela-themed phishing: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA hacker group with links to China recently used Venezuela-themed phishing emails in a malware campaign targeting US government-related entities, as cyberattack campaigns increasingly leverage geopolitical materials, according to Swiss cybersecurity firm Acronis.<br \/>\nA malware campaign has used recent developments between the US and Venezuela as \u201cthematic lures\u201d to attack US government and policy-related entities with a back door that has espionage-focused capabilities, including basic remote&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/3340071\/china-linked-hackers-used-venezuela-themed-phishing-target-us-agencies-report?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA hacker group with links to China recently used Venezuela-themed phishing emails in a malware campaign targeting US government-related entities, as cyberattack campaigns increasingly&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144279"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}