Data centre hacks affect Apple, Microsoft and more

Threatens physical access to equipment

Tom Allen
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Data centre hacks affect Apple, Microsoft and more

Hackers have stolen login credentials at two major Asian datacentre firms, which some of the world's largest companies use to store their data.

According to cyber firm Resecurity - and first covered in Bloomberg - attackers breached customer support websites belonging to China's GDS Holdings and Singapore's ST Telemedia Global Data Centres...

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