An online dump of Chinese hacking documents offers a rare window into pervasive state surveillance
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Published Feb 21, 2024 • 7 minute read
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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 of tools provided by the impacted company, I-Soon: ethnicities and dissidents in parts of China that have seen significant anti-government protests, such as Hong Kong or the heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang in China’s far west.
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The Associated Press
2024-02-21 14:33:34
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