HACKERS INTERCEPT HOTMAIL OF CHINA’S CRITICS & DOX MINNESOTA CONSTITUENTS; US VOTER DATABASE ESCAPES

In case you missed our coverage this week in ThreatWatch, Nextgov’s regularly updated index of cyber breaches:

Chinese Government Broke Into Hotmail Accounts of International Critics

Several years ago, after witnessing the email hacks, Hotmail provider Microsoft decided not to tell the victims, allowing Chinese authorities to continue their surveillance campaign, former company employees say.

The hackers at the time were targeting, in particular, international leaders of China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities. For the full article click here 

 

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