The revelations come as the UK sanctions a Chinese state-affiliated group that hacked into its Electoral Commission systems.
Already a subscriber?A Chinese cybersecurity company with links to the Communist Party government used its guns-for-hire hacking operation to target Australia, leaked documents reveal.
“They often had to proactively make an ‘educated’ guess as to the interests of the MPS or MSS. When they had ‘samples’ – likely compromised data or access – they would show their ‘clients’ and ask if they would like to buy. This was probably the case of Australia which exemplified in the leaked documents,” she said.
Opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson said it was common for the Chinese Communist Party to use proxies, including front groups and commercial entities, to engage in hacking for hire against targets, including of strategic value. McGrathNicol partner Blare Sutton, who leads the firm’s cyber practice in Melbourne, said the i-Soon leak appeared to detail links between the group and a range of APT organisations in China.
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