APT 17 is another cyber threat group that is believed to be associated with the Chinese government.
The group has been active since at least 2014 and has targeted various organizations in the U.S. and other countries, especially those related to government, defense, law, media, and human rights.
Some of the aliases for APT 17 are Deputy Dog and Axiom
History
In 2014, the group hacked into the network of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and stole the personal data of millions of federal employees and contractors
In 2015, the group compromised the website of the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and used it to deliver a zero-day exploit that infected visitors with malware
In 2016, the group targeted the website of the U.S. National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) and inserted a malicious script that redirected visitors to a phishing site.
In 2017, the group launched a spearphishing campaign against the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Department of Defense, using a fake email from the White House as a lure.
n 2019, a group of ethical hackers called Intrusion Truth exposed the identities of three members of APT 17, who were allegedly working as contractors for the Jinan bureau of the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS). The hackers were also linked to four Chinese companies that provided cyber security services to the MSS.