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Microsoft says it removed a key piece of infrastructure that a hacking group was relying on to execute a wave of attacks. Microsoft on Monday said that its digital crime unit obtained authorization from a federal court to seize multiple websites a Chinese hacking group was using to target organizations in the US and 28 other countries. The hacking group, dubbed Nickel, was using the sites to execute attacks "for intelligence gathering from government agencies, think tanks and human rights organizations," Microsoft said in a blog post. "Obtaining control of the malicious websites and redirecting traffic from those sites to...
