Spyware leak offers ‘first-of-its-kind’ look inside Chinese government hacking efforts

Image caption: The interior of the I-Soon office, also known as Anxun in Mandarin, is seen after office hours in Chengdu in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Image credit: Dake Kang / AP. Article by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai. TechCrunch – February 23, 2024.

Documents show Chinese hacking firm I-Soon hacked governments around the world.

Over the weekend, someone posted a cache of files and documents apparently stolen from the Chinese government hacking contractor, I-Soon. This leak gives cybersecurity researchers and rival governments an unprecedented chance to look behind the curtain of Chinese government hacking operations facilitated by private contractors. […]

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