Hindustan Times, Times of India and Republic TV.“These two hacker groups have a history of launching cyberattacks against government agencies and competing companies in case of any geopolitical conflict with China," Ritesh said.Active for more than a decade, Gothic Panda has been involved in large-scale cyberattacks targeting organizations in the US and Hong Kong.State-backed cyberattacks have become a common weapon of retaliation for powerful countries that do not want to get into physical wars.In another recent incident, Chinese hacker groups are suspected to have launched a series of cyberattacks against Australian organizations in retaliation against Australia’s decision to back an investigation into the origins of covid-19.Australian.