Targeting of Avast
Date of report
  • Oct 2019
Affiliations
  • Government of China

China-aligned hackers breached Czech-based Avast’s network, aiming to compromise the CCleaner tool, which had previously been compromised in 2017.

Suspected victims
  • Avast
Suspected state sponsor
  • China
Type of incident
  • Espionage
Target category
  • Private sector