Date of report
- Mar 2019
Affiliations
Chinese hackers targeted twenty-seven universities in the United States, Canada, and Southeast Asia as part of a scheme to steal research about maritime technology under development for military use.
Suspected victims
- University of Hawaii, University of Washington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Pennsylvania State University, Duke University
Suspected state sponsor
- China
Type of incident
- Espionage
Target category
- Civil society
- Private sector
Victim government reaction
- Yes