China Hacked 8 Major Computer Services Firms in Years-Long Attack

China Hacked 8 Major Computer Services Firms in Years-Long Attack
A man stands near an IBM logo at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on Feb. 25, 2019. Sergio Perez/Reuters
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LONDON—Hackers working for China’s Ministry of State Security broke into networks of eight of the world’s biggest technology service providers in an effort to steal commercial secrets from their clients, according to sources familiar with the attacks.

Reuters on June 26 reported new details about the global hacking campaign, known as Cloud Hopper and attributed to China by the United States and its Western allies.