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The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) said in a statement that a federal court in Virginia granted its request to seize websites of the hacking group called Nickel, enabling the company to cut off Nickels access to its victims.

A total of 42 sites used to gather stolen data were taken over.

The tech giant claimed that there’s often correlation between the group’s targets and China’s geopolitical interests

Microsoft has disrupted the activities of a China-based hacking group, gaining control of the malicious websites the group used to attack organisations in the US and 28 other countries around the world.

The cyber-espionage group focuses on intelligence gathering using hard-to-detect malware.

The cyber-espionage group focuses on intelligence gathering using hard-to-detect malware.

The cyber-espionage group focuses on intelligence gathering using hard-to-detect malware.

Microsoft recently seized control of several websites to disrupt the efforts of the China-based hacking group known as Nickel. Organizations in 29 countries were targeted by Nickel.

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Washington [US], December 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Microsoft has disrupted a China-based hacking group that targeted organizations in the US and 28 other countries around the world, Corporate Vice President for Customer Security and Trust Tom Burt said in a blog post.