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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"oh no! hackers learned how to hack in... public universities! The horror of PRC-sponsored hacking!"

[–] pntha -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

what a dumb comment. Volt Typhoon have been discovered in critical infrastructure—not universities—across the world using lotl techniques. they are a group not hacking for espionage but hacking to directly sabotage their targets… i.e. shutting down electricity grids, telecommunications, water, etc.

also, they are not “PRC-sponsored”, they are the PRC, more specifically the PLA.