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CHINESE police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to the nation’s top policing agency and other parts of its government—a trove that catalogs apparent hacking activity and tools to spy on both Chinese and foreigners. Among the apparent targets…
They reveal, in detail, methods Chinese authorities used to surveil dissidents overseas, hack other nations and promote pro-Beijing narratives
Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to China’s top policing agency and other parts of its government. It's a trove that reveals and catalogs apparent hacking activity and tools to spy on both Chinese and foreigners. Among the apparent targets of tools provided by the impacted company, I-Soon, are ethnicities and dissidents in parts of China that have seen significant anti-government protests like Hong Kong or Xinjiang. The dump of scores of documents late last week and subsequent investiga...
The dump, which analysts consider highly significant even if it does not reveal any especially novel or potent tools, includes hundreds of pages of contracts, marketing presentations, product manuals, and client and employee lists.
The trove catalogues apparent hacking activity and tools to spy on both Chinese and foreigners.