<ul><li>Sophos uncovered a major hacking operation targeting other hackers and game cheaters.</li><li>Sophos identified Sakura RAT as a backdoored malware variant targeting newbie threat actors and individuals seeking game cheats.</li><li>More than a hundred backdoored GitHub projects were discovered, with 111 containing Sakura RAT designed to target wannabe hackers.</li><li>The campaign, started in 2024, was successful in targeting newbies who were less likely to detect the malicious intent behind the projects.</li></ul>

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