Amnesty Canada target of China-linked cyberattack

The breach was detected in October and Amnesty Canada began an investigation [File: Kacper Pempel/Reuters]

The Canadian office of human rights group Amnesty International says its English-language unit was the target of a “sophisticated” hacking attempt that it believes is linked to China.

The digital security breach was first detected on October 5 when suspicious activity was spotted on Amnesty’s IT infrastructure, Amnesty International Canada said in a statement on Monday.