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#6 The Hacker News general July 07, 2026 at 09:10 UTC

Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

A suspected China-aligned threat actor is exploiting CVE-2024-42009 (CVSS 9.3) in Roundcube webmail to target physics and engineering departments at U.S. and Canadian universities, siphoning credentials in a campaign Proofpoint warns is likely ongoing. The targeting of STEM university departments aligns with Chinese state-sponsored intellectual property theft priorities.

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