TrendMIcro's Kyle Wilhoit and his honey pot catch Chinese hackers #trendmicro #cybersecurity #pauto

Jan. 1, 2000

TrendMicro's senior researcher Kyle Wilhoit gave a paper at Black Hat in which he disclosed that a Chinese hacking group ATP1 discovered his phony water treatment plant "honey pot" and, not realizing it was a fake, started to hack it.

TrendMicro's senior researcher Kyle Wilhoit gave a paper at Black Hat in which he disclosed that a Chinese hacking group ATP1 discovered his phony water treatment plant "honey pot" and, not realizing it was a fake, started to hack it.

You can read the entire story here, along with a closing quote from ControlGlobal.com blogger, Joe Weiss.

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