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Google Disrupts ‘Prolific’ and ‘Elusive’ China-Linked Global Hacking Campaign

2026-02-26 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

3 predictions
T1102Web Service
63%
“which has the ability to execute arbitrary shell commands, upload and download files. unusually, gridtide leveraged google sheets as a command - and - control ( c2 ) platform. the attackers didn ’ t use the spreadsheet as a document, but as communication channel to transfer of ra…”
T1071.001Web Protocols
40%
“which has the ability to execute arbitrary shell commands, upload and download files. unusually, gridtide leveraged google sheets as a command - and - control ( c2 ) platform. the attackers didn ’ t use the spreadsheet as a document, but as communication channel to transfer of ra…”
T1204.001Malicious Link
31%
“google disrupts ‘ prolific ’ and ‘ elusive ’ china - linked global hacking campaign a prolific hacking and cyber - espionage campaign which targeted organizations around the world for almost a decade has been disrupted by google and its international partners. in a blog post, goo…”

Summary

UNC2814 hit 53 victims in 42 countries with novel backdoor in decade long cyber espionage operation