--- title: Chinese APT Abuses Multiple Cloud Tools to Spy on Mongolia description: ESET researchers have uncovered a Chinese APT group dubbed GopherWhisper that has been targeting Mongolian government institutions since at least November... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/chinese-apt-abuses-multiple-cloud-tools-to-spy-on-mongolia-ublfyew1w twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Chinese APT Abuses Multiple Cloud Tools to Spy on Mongolia | daily.dev og:description: ESET researchers have uncovered a Chinese APT group dubbed GopherWhisper that has been targeting Mongolian government institutions since at least November... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/chinese-apt-abuses-multiple-cloud-tools-to-spy-on-mongolia-ublfyew1w og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UBlFYew1w.png og:image:alt: Chinese APT Abuses Multiple Cloud Tools to Spy on Mongolia og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Chinese APT Abuses Multiple Cloud Tools to Spy on Mongolia **[Dark Reading](https://daily.dev/sources/dr)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ESET researchers have uncovered a Chinese APT group dubbed GopherWhisper that has been targeting Mongolian government institutions since at least November 2023. The group deployed five distinct backdoors — LaxGopher, CompactGopher, RatGopher, BoxOfFriends, and SSLORDoor — each using a different cloud service for command-and-control, including Slack, Discord, Microsoft Outlook email drafts, and file.io. While prolific in producing custom malware, the group is not considered sophisticated; evidence suggests operators may be relatively new to malware development. Mongolia sits in a difficult geopolitical position, facing persistent cyber threats primarily from China-aligned and Russian threat actors, with 1.6 million cyberattacks recorded in 2024 alone. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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