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China is stealing data from high-value targets via a sneaky, double-layer spear-phishing campaign that includes the Azureveil malware.
June 2, 2026
Chinese nation-state threat actors are targeting specific organizations in the Czech Republic and Taiwan for data exfiltration, with a focus on well-defined verticals: government and the public sector; research and academia; technology and software; and financial services.
That's according to security vendor Seqrite, which published research last week regarding "Operation Dragon Weave," a spear-phishing campaign that starts with sending email to a target with an attached zip file and instructions to open it, under the guise of something like an upcoming business meeting or, in the case of one Czech Republic-themed instance, an appointment with the Czech Social Security Administration (ČSSZ).
