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Military contractors targeted in Chinese attacks, says F-Secure
The cyberattacks apparently originating in China that hit Google Inc. and more than 30 other companies late last year are now targeting some U.S. defense contractors, according to security vendor F-Secure Corp.
In a blog post this week, F-Secure Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen said the company has learned of instances in which U.S. defense contractors received e-mails containing a malicious PDF file last week. The PDF file was designed to look like an official U.S. Department of Defense document and discussed the Mission Planning User Conference, which is an actual event slated to take place in Las Vegas in March, he added.
A screen shot of the document pasted onto the F-Secure blog shows an authentic-looking Air Force memo titled "Memorandum for Mission Planning International Community."