Microsoft used a court order to seize dozens of websites that a China-based hacking group was using for a cyber-espionage campaign against organizations in the US and 28 other countries, the tech giant says
"We believe these attacks were largely being used for intelligence gathering from government agencies, think tanks and human rights organizations," Tom Burt, a corporate vice president at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post.The Microsoft action is part of a broader effort by US tech companies and government agencies to expose sophisticated digital espionage campaigns before they do too much damage.
In 2017, the Chinese hackers breached a UK government contractor in search of information on military technology, and stole"sensitive documents" in the process, according to a security firm that responded to the incident. Last year, the mobile security firm Lookout linked the hacking group to malware found on the mobile phones of Uyghurs. Western governments have accused China of committing genocide against the Uyghurs.
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