When Hackers Become Targets: Inside the PCPJack Campaign Against TeamPCP

This unusual campaign highlights a growing trend where cybercriminal groups target systems already compromised by other hackers, creating a secondary exploitation layer that complicates defensive strategies. The attackers systematically deploy self-spreading worms and steal credentials across cloud infrastructure, suggesting coordinated attacks on shared platforms. This inter-hacker conflict reveals the competitive and predatory nature of the cybercriminal ecosystem, forcing organizations to defend against multiple threat layers simultaneously.