China-based government-sponsored threat actors collecting intelligence by targeting Russian government officials with an updated variant of a remote access Trojan known as PlugX, a backdoor popular with Chinese-speaking hacker groups. Microsoft released a detailed report about the “relentless and destructive” Russian cyberattacks they observed in the hybrid war” against Ukraine. Microsoft also says it has observed limited espionage attack activity involving other NATO member states and some disinformation activity. Cyberattacks have degraded the systems of institutions in Ukraine and disrupted citizens’ access to reliable information and critical life services.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/china-spies-on-russians-microsoft-details-ukraine-attacks-a-18986