China-linked hackers backdoored executives’ laptops via USB, exploiting a fix companies had but weren’t using

September 3, 2026 · 5:33 pm 1 sources

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  VentureBeat · September 3, 2026 17:33
  A Chinese state-linked hacking group compromised executive laptops at an agricultural industry conference on Hainan Island this spring — not through phishing or a network breach, but by breaking into hotel rooms and booting the machines from a USB stick while the executives were at dinner.…