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How China Built a Cyber-Espionage Behemoth

March 1, 2022 · 1:00 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“The ‘most advanced piece of malware’ that China-linked hackers have ever been known to use was revealed today. Dubbed Daxin, the stealthy back door was used in espionage operations against governments around the world for a decade before it was caught,” MIT Technology Review reports.

“But the newly discovered malware is no one-off. It’s yet another sign that a decade-long quest to become a cyber superpower is paying off for China.”

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