BEIJING: A Chinese tech security firm was able to breach foreign governments, infiltrate social media accounts and hack personal computers, a massive data leak analyzed by experts this week revealed. "The leak provides some of the most concrete details seen publicly to date, revealing the maturing nature of China's cyber espionage ecosystem," SentinelLabs analysts said. Asked by AFP on Thursday about whether Beijing contracted hackers, China's Foreign Ministry said it was "not aware" of the case. In one screenshot of a chat app conversation, someone describes a client request for exclusive access to the "Foreign secretary's office, the Foreign Ministry's Asean office, prime minister's office, national intelligence agency" and other government departments of an unnamed country. Pieter Arntz, a researcher at Malwarebytes, said the leak was likely to "rattle some cages at the infiltrated entities."

Source: Manila Times February 22, 2024 16:31 UTC