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Nation-State Cyber Threats

China-Linked GopherWhisper APT Hits 12 Mongolian Gov Systems Using Slack/Discord C2

ESET discovers a new espionage group abusing legitimate cloud services for command-and-control against strategically sensitive Mongolian targets. ULAN BATOR, MN — Researchers at ESET have uncovered a sophisticated, China-aligned espionage campaign targeting the Mongolian government. The threat actor, dubbed GopherWhisper, has successfully infected at least 12 government systems since late 2023,