Data breach at mysterious Chinese firm reveals state-owned cyber weapons and even a list of targets

A group of 7 hackers, 6 slightly blurred in the background and one in the foreground, all wearing black with hoods pulled up over their heads. You cannot see their faces. The hacker in the foreground sits with an open laptop in front of them. The background, behind the hackers, is a Chinese flag.

• 12,000+ classified docs reveal deep links between Knownsec and Chinese state cyber operations
• The breach involved Remote Access Trojans capable of attacking global operating systems
• Researchers found 95GB of immigration data stolen from India’s national databases

A recent data breach at Chinese security firm Knownsec has revealed over 12,000 classified files tied to state-owned cyber operations.