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Chinese hackers 'exploited five global telecom firms'
By EUobserver
Cybersecurity researchers said on Tuesday that Chinese state-backed hackers had exploited the vulnerabilities of five global telecommunication companies across southeast Asia to steal their users' data, Bloomberg reported. Researchers from US-based security firm Cybereason named the groups "operating in the interest of China": Soft Cell, Naikon and Group-3390. Cybereason chief Lior Div said hackers had "the holy grail of espionage," gaining total control of the telecommunication networks they had infiltrated.