Chinese government appears ‘supportive' of broad scale hacking in leaked documents

Documents part of the enormous data leak from a Chinese cyber-security firm show the Chinese government “supports” broad scale hacking, says Internet 2.0 co-creator David Robinson. An extraordinary leak of a trove of documents from cyber security firm I-Soon have offered a glimpse into the inner workings of Chinese linked hackers. The company is linked to both the Chinese Government and the Ministry of State Security. The leaked documents contain claims that NATO has been targeted with an intent to hack the organisation, as well as claims they could even hack Twitter and even download DMs. “The entire document really indicts, implies and shows that the Chinese government supports this broad scale hacking,” Mr Robinson told Sky News Australia host Sharri Markson. “There are a lot of contracts between the ministry of public security and this company, “They have open letters of support from CCP (Communist Party of China) organisations … they are operating as a normal company. “In the background two thirds of their staff are conducting APT hacking operations and are selling this data and access.”