!!! Overview [1] 
[{$pagename}] was a series of cyber [attacks] conducted by [Advanced Persistent Threats] such as the Elderwood Group based in [Beijing], [China], with ties to the [People's Liberation Army]. 

First publicly disclosed by [Google] on January 12, [2010|Year 2010],[2] in a blog post, the attacks began in mid-[2009|Year 2009] and continued through December 2009.

The attack has been aimed at dozens of other organizations, of which Adobe Systems, Juniper Networks and Rackspace have publicly confirmed that they were targeted. According to media reports, Yahoo, Symantec, Northrop Grumman, Morgan Stanley and Dow Chemical were also among the targets.

Most companies did the typical response by adding more firewalls and more rules and instigating [Multi-Factor Authentication]. These additional barriers create a poor [User Experience] which required multiple administrative requests and user confusion. [Google] began an internal initiative ([BeyondCorp]) to reimagine their [security] [architecture] with regards to how [employees] and [devices] [access] internal [applications].


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* [#1] - [Operation_Aurora|Wikipedia:Operation_Aurora|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-10-05- 
* [#2] - [A new approach to China|https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-10-05-