Chinese Hackers Hijack European Networks for Espionage

A Chinese hacking group, known as Ink Dragon, is leveraging compromised European government networks as relay nodes for espionage operations, a tactic previously observed targeting Asia and South America. This campaign involves exploiting web application flaws and deploying sophisticated malware like ShadowPad and a new version of FinalDraft to maintain stealthy, long-term command and control for intelligence gathering.