Key Points
A trove of leaked documents from the Chinese state-linked hacking group has exposed extensive cyber intrusions conducted by Beijing's intelligence and military entities against foreign governments, companies, and infrastructure...
According to a report by The Washington Post, the leaked cache, comprising over 570 files, images, and chat logs, provides a rare insight into the operations of a firm hired by Chinese government agencies for on-demand, mass data-collecting operations...
The leaked documents are attributed to iSoon, also known as Auxun, a Shanghai-based Chinese firm providing third-party hacking and data-gathering services to government bureaus, security groups, and state-owned enterprises..
Working for government entities like the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of State Security, and the Chinese military, iSoon epitomizes the Chinese model of blending state support with profit incentives, leading to a vast network of actors competing to exploit vulnerabilities...
The leaked documents shed light on the fierce competition within China's national security data-gathering industry, where firms vie for lucrative government contracts by promising increasingly extensive access to sensitive information..
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