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Who are the Chinese hackers named by Australia?

Nick Bonyhady

Eight nations including Australia released a diplomatic broadside on Tuesday, naming China’s secretive Ministry of State Security as behind a hacking group known as APT40.

Here’s what we know about the group that’s also called Leviathan, TEMP.Periscope, Kryptonite Panda and Gingham Typhoon.

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Nick Bonyhady is a technology writer for the Australian Financial Review, based in Sydney. He is a former technology editor, industrial relations and politics reporter at the Sydney Morning Herald and Age. Connect with Nick on Twitter. Email Nick at nick.bonyhady@afr.com

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