In summer 2025, EVC was approached by a person pretending to be an American journalist working for news agency Associated Press. Later on, this person using a fake cover of a journalist tried to have EVC Director Jakub Janda log into a fake website and also offered funding for a possible consultative trip.
EVC was alarmed by this action, did not take the bait and notified Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB), which investigated this case. Later on, NÚKIB confirmed that the attacker indicators overlap with a Chinese state actor targeting entities cooperating with Taiwan.
Media reported about this case in detail:
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