China’s Cyber Siege: Unmasking the State-Backed Hackers Targeting Democracy Secrets

Beware! China’s hackers have been swiping secrets like pros at a magic convention. In the latest digital heist drama, the UK’s elections watchdog got virtually pickpocketed, with a side of 40 million personal data scoops. APT31, the cyber squad behind the keyboard, now faces a global timeout with US-UK sanctions.

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Looks like China's elite hackers have been busier than a group of squirrels in a nut factory, allegedly infiltrating the UK's electoral watchdog and swiping data like it's Black Friday at the digital data store. With the UK and US dishing out sanctions and charges like hotcakes, the international game of Cyber Whack-a-Mole just got a high-stakes upgrade. And in the cyber world's version of "Where's Waldo?" APT31 is now the face everyone's searching for.

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