Researchers report rare intrusion by suspected Chinese hackers into Russian tech firm therecord.media/rare-chin…

Chinese state-linked hackers have reportedly breached a Russian IT service provider in what appears to be an espionage campaign — a rare case of Chinese threat actors targeting a purported ally, researchers said.

According to a new report by cybersecurity firm Symantec, the hackers gained access to the Russian company’s software build and code-repository systems between January and May 2025 — suggesting the breach may have been an attempted software supply-chain attack aimed at the firm’s customers.