Summary: Song Wu, a Chinese national, has been charged in the US for wire fraud and identity theft after allegedly leading a multi-year spearphishing campaign to steal proprietary software from NASA and other institutions. His tactics involved impersonating US researchers to trick targets into sharing sensitive aerospace engineering software.
Threat Actor: Song Wu | Song Wu
Key Point :
- Wu impersonated US-based researchers through fake email accounts to execute his scheme.
- His targets included key US government agencies and major research universities, as well as private aerospace companies.
- The stolen software was crucial for aerospace engineering and computational fluid dynamics research.
Original Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/chinese-national-charged-multi-year-spear-phishing-campaign
Cyber Law and Cybercrime Investigation Blog: Immuniweb