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A similar attack was aimed at India in recent years and such attacks have been warned against in the US , particularly against its territory of Guam. 

The government’s decision to create a new commission of inquiry to check into the police’s alleged illegal hacking of citizens’ cellphones set up one of the most staggering battles to date.

The Israeli cybersecurity firm Cybersixgill has found evidence that could link the leak of Chinese government data to a similar event last year.

The hackers were believed to be linked to a North Korean group that researchers call Kimsuky, and they carried out their hack via emails to South Korean contractors.

In the months following the digital break-in, Pyongyang announced several developments in its banned ballistic missile program.

British media made light of the incident, with the BBC running the headline "You've Got Mali," a deliberately inaccurate reference to a 1998 Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan romcom.

The US and Israel have been and will continue to be in a persistent state of cyberwar with a number of adversaries, such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Hezbollah.

North Korea has previously denied organizing digital currency heists, despite voluminous evidence - including UN reports - to the contrary.

Microsoft and US officials said that Chinese state-linked hackers had been secretly accessing email accounts at around 25 organizations.

The “hacktivist” group claims that it is not acting for Russia, just that the interests of Russia and the Muslim world are aligned.