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Hafnium cyber attack becomes state affair

China can’t seem to let it go: Despite agreements with Western countries to the contrary, hackers from the Far East are repeatedly accessing the data of authorities, banks, and companies. With access to Microsoft’s Exchange servers, a particularly spectacular case is now causing outrage. But is the state really behind the espionage?

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Finn Mayer-Kuckuk
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Microsoft was very clear on one point: “The group, we understand, has ties to state actors and operates out of China.” On Monday and Tuesday, the attackers continued to exploit vulnerabilities in tens of thousands of servers running the company’s software – including in Germany. Microsoft calls the group “Hafnium,” but that’s just a code name used by investigators, not the hackers’ self-designation.

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