{
  "id": 3011378,
  "title": "Operation QUICSILVER Targets Myanmar Government and IT with QUICAgent Backdoor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/operation-quicsilver-targets-myanmar-government-and-it-with-quicagent",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-24T11:51:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/operation-quicsilver-targets-myanmar.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a cyber espionage campaign targeting Myanmar that uses graduation ceremony invitation lures to deliver a Go backdoor called QUICAgent. The campaign, codenamed Operation QUICSILVER, has been found to target government and information technology sectors, per Seqrite Labs. The activity is assessed to be the work of a China-nexus threat actor with moderate",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}