US-based IP addresses seized control of Chinese systems to target Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, China says

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China: US-based IP addresses seized control of Chinese systems to target Russia, Belarus and Ukraine
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China: US-based IP addresses seized control of Chinese systems to target Russia, Belarus and Ukraine

In 87 per cent of these attacks, the targets were Russian entities, according to Chinese officials

China says it has been the victim of ongoing cyberattacks since February, in which IP addresses from the United States were used to take control of Chinese computers in order to target entities in ...

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