Chinese Hackers Abused Google Workspace Rules to Steal Research and Defense Emails

A China-linked espionage group hid inside North American medical, academic, and military research networks for more than a year, quietly stealing sensitive research and defense email.

The way in was a backdoor on their REDCap research servers that stole login credentials. The exfiltration was the unusual part: the attackers rewired the victims’ own Google Workspace rules to copy any message