An APT campaign dubbed Operation Harvest had been in operation for years, McAfee report says. The Chinese threat actor is suspected to be a nation-state Chinese group. APT27 and APT41 are reportedly the most likely candidates. The adversary was interested in stealing proprietary intelligence that could be used for military or intellectual property/manufacturing purposes, it says. An analyst says the adversary uses a combination of known and new malware for their attacks. The attackers then installed software to help collect information about the victim’s network, move laterally through the system.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/chinese-apt-data-harvesting-campaign-analyzed-a-17581