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rMicrosoft announced on Monday that it has disrupted the cyber-spying of a state-backed Chinese hacking group by seizing 42 websites used to gather intelligence from foreign ministries, think tanks and human rights organizations in 29 different countries, including the US.The company said a Virginia federal court granted its request last Thursday to seize the domains from the group it calls Nickel - but is also known as APT15 and Vixen Panda.This allowed Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit to take-over US-based websites and redirect traffic to its secure servers to 'help us protect existing and future victims while learning more about Nickel's...
