The cracker group known as APT10 – of Chinese origin and apparently backed by the Chinese government – exploited various vulnerabilities in Windows operating systems – such as the well-known ‘ZeroLogon’ – to gain access to the websites of a number of Western companies. These include those of several automobile manufacturers around the world. It is suspected that the crackers’ intention was to spy on the movements of each company, as well as to try to obtain internal company data through unauthorized access.