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Chinese cyberespionage campaign against European governments. The Port of Nagoya closes over ransomware attack. BlackCat and SEO poisoning. LockBit seeks to extort a semiconductor manufacturer. Professionals in the cyber underworld. CISA issued a DDoS alert for US companies and government agencies. Microsoft debunks claims of data theft by Anonymous Sudan. Matt O'Neill from the US Secret Service speaks with Dave Bittner about sextortion. Rick Howard sits down with Michael Fuller of AWS to talk about the kill chain. And Avast releases a free decryptor for Akira.\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/126\n\nSelected reading.\nChinese Threat Actors Targeting Europe in SmugX Campaign - Check Point Research (Check Point Research)\nHackers target European government entities in SmugX campaign (BleepingComputer)\nChinese hackers target European embassies with HTML smuggling technique (Record)\nJapan\u2019s largest port stops operations after ransomware attack (BleepingComputer)\xa0\nBlackCat ransomware pushes Cobalt Strike via WinSCP search ads (BleepingComputer)\nBlackCat Operators Distributing Ransomware Disguised as WinSCP via Malvertising (The Hacker News)\nTSMC Says Supplier Hacked After Ransomware Group Claims Attack on Chip Giant (SecurityWeek)\nTSMC confirms data breach after LockBit cyberattack on third-party supplier (TechCrunch)\nTaiwan Semiconductor Denies LockBit's $70M Hack Claim (Bank Info Security)\nSemiconductor giant says IT supplier was attacked; LockBit makes related claims (Record)\nDoS and DDoS Attacks against Multiple Sectors (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA)\nCISA issues DDoS warning after attacks hit multiple US orgs (BleepingComputer)\nMicrosoft denies data breach, theft of 30 million customer accounts (BleepingComputer)\nMicrosoft Denies Major 30 Million Customer-Breach (Infosecurity Magazine)\nDecrypted: Akira Ransomware (Avast Threat Labs)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices