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# Suspected China-Aligned Hackers Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against Universities

**Source:** Unknown  
**Published:** July 7, 2026  
**Original:** https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/suspected-china-aligned-hackers-exploit.html  

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- [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

A suspected China-aligned threat activity cluster has been observed exploiting Roundcube webmail software belonging to physics and engineering departments of U.S. and Canadian universities as part of a new campaign. The activity involves the exploitation of now-patched, critical security flaws in the open-source email solution, such as CVE-2024-42009 (CVSS score: 9.3), to siphon credentials,

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