A hacker group tied to China has been waging a global targeted attack campaign against online gaming companies. The Winnti group specializes in targeting gaming firms that offer Massive Multi-Player Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG) Kaspersky researchers say the gang uses spearphishing attacks to target its victims, employing the first known 64-bit Windows version of the PlugX remote administration tool (RAT), a tool popular among Chinese cyberespionage actors. The gang has stolen virtual gaming currency that legitimate gamers use to convert into real money. Most of the victim firms are in Southeast Asia, but others are in Europe and the U.S.”]