Chinese hackers breached immigration data from Indian government: Report
Hindustan TimesHacking groups based in China have breached 95.2 gigabytes of immigration data from the Indian government as the country continues to be one of the prime targets of Beijing hackers, an investigation by The Washington Post revealed. Chinese hackers reportedly breached Indian immigration data The Washington Post published a report on Thursday which said that a trove of documents was leaked by Chinese state-linked hacking groups, that are targeting foreign governments, companies and infrastructure for carrying out large-scale cyber attacks. These documents belonged to a Chinese company called ISoon, headquartered in Shanghai and known to sell third-party hacking and data gathering services state-owned companies and Chinese government bureaus, reported The Post. Indian immigration data breached The Washington Post reported that one of the leaked ISoon documents showed a spreadsheet of 80 potential targets for a cyber attack, and India had already successfully been hit.