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Google Disrupts China-Tied Cyber Campaign That Hacked 42 Countries

Google Disrupts China-Tied Cyber Campaign That Hacked 42 Countries
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
Catherine Yang
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Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said on Feb. 25 that Google and certain of its cybersecurity partners disrupted a global espionage campaign that the group confirmed had hacked 42 countries and suspects infected at least 20 more.

GTIG has tracked the group as UNC2814/Gallium since 2017 and suspects it to be Chinese.

Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang has been with The Epoch Times in New York since 2008. She also launched and previously served as chief editor of American Essence magazine and Epoch Health.