1983-10-04

Room 1102, Guanfu Mansion, 46 Xinkai Road, Hedong District, Tianjin, China

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2020.393.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2020%3A393%3ATOC

Gao Qiang is involved in ‘Operation Cloud Hopper’, a series of cyber-attacks with a significant effect originating from outside the Union and constituting an external threat to the Union or its Member States and of cyber-attacks with a significant effect against third States. ‘Operation Cloud Hopper’ has targeted information systems of multinational companies in six continents, including companies located in the Union, and gained unauthorised access to commercially sensitive data, resulting in significant economic loss. The actor publicly known as ‘APT10’ (‘Advanced Persistent Threat 10’) (a.k.a. ‘Red Apollo’, ‘CVNX’, ‘Stone Panda’, ‘MenuPass’ and ‘Potassium’) carried out ‘Operation Cloud Hopper’. Gao Qiang can be linked to APT10, including through his association with APT10 command and control infrastructure. Moreover, Huaying Haitai, an entity designated for providing support to and facilitating ‘Operation Cloud Hopper’, employed Gao Qiang. He has links with Zhang Shilong, who is also designated in connection with ‘Operation Cloud Hopper’. Gao Qiang is therefore associated with both Huaying Haitai and Zhang Shilong.

(Date of UN designation: 2020-07-30)

2020-11-23

EU

Restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States

EU-horizontal

Cyber-attacks

Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission

- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex of Council Decision(CFSP) 2019/797.

Through the adoption of the “Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox” on 19 June 2017, the Council stressed the growing need to protect the integrity and security of the EU, its Member States and their citizens against cyber threats and malicious cyber activities. At the European Council on 18 October 2018, Member States called for the introduction of a new EU sanctions regime to build up the EU and its Member States’ capacity to respond to and to deter cyber-attacks. The Council established the new sanctions regime on 17 May 2019, introducing targeted restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States. The measures consist of asset freeze and travel ban of persons and/or entities responsible for cyber-attacks or attempted cyber-attacks, as well as those involved in or offering financial, technical or material support for these attacks and those who assist, encourage, facilitate or are associated with them.