Undisclosed Qatari organization
March 1, 2026
•[ DLL hijacking, PlugX, backdoor malware ]
HackRead summarized Check Point Research describing a China-linked campaign beginning March 1, 2026 that used conflict-themed lures and DLL hijacking to install PlugX backdoor malware against targets in Qatar. The report described lures disguised as war news and a separate energy-sector lure delivering a Rust loader and ultimately Cobalt Strike, with the goal of espionage against Qatars military and oil/gas interests.
National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) Tianjin
February 6, 2026
•[ data breach, military, aerospace ]
FlamingChina claimed to have breached the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin and offered for sale more than 10 petabytes of allegedly stolen data, including claimed military, aerospace, research, and client datasets; the breach was not confirmed by NSCC Tianjin, but experts who reviewed samples said they appeared consistent with data expected from the facility.
Haskar Integration (Russian military drone supplier)
July 15, 2025
•[ data destruction, hacktivism, military ]
Ukrainian cyber operators claimed access and subsequent wiping of 47TB of technical data from Haskar Integration, a major supplier to Russian forces; backups also deleted.
