Updated Dec 19, 2020 | 19:08 IST Chinese hackers used the recent festive sale season to attack millions of online shoppers in India during October and November Chinese launch covert cyber attacks on India: Millions of online shoppers targeted   |  Photo Credit: IANS In a covert attack on millions of Indians, Chinese hackers targeted online shoppers during the festive months of October and November. According to CyberPeace Foundation, a cybersecurity think tank, hackers from China's Guangdong and Henan provinces mounted multiple attacks on unsuspecting Indians during the peak sale season in India. These hackers created fake URLs disguised as offers by Flipkart and Amazon and lured the netizens to click on them with bogus prizes. These links were disseminated through WhatsApp targeting many online shoppers in India.