A new Shanghai-based hacker unit with ties to the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) in China has been identified, according to a report from security company CrowdStrike. The New York Times writes that the group is codenamed Putter Panda due to its penchant for preying upon golf-playing conference attendees. CrowdStrike also writes that Putter Panda has been conducting intelligence-gathering operations on government sectors in the US. Putter Panda is also known as Unit 61486, the 12th Bureau of the PLAs 3rd General Staff Department, making it the second Chinese Army group linked with cyber espionage.
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