Indian Authorities Probes Data Breach Concerns Involving PMO and EPFO

 

The Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) team at India Today reviewed leaked data that claimed a Chinese state-affiliated hacker group had targeted major Indian government offices, such as the “PMO” (likely the Prime Minister’s Office), as well as businesses like Reliance Industries Limited and Air India. 

Over the weekend, thousands of files, images, and chat messages related to I-Soon—a claimed cybersecurity contractor for China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS)—were secretly shared on GitHub.

The leak reveals a complex network of covert attacks, spyware operations, and sophisticated surveillance by Chinese government-linked cyber criminals. 

A machine-translated version of the leaked internal documents, originally written in Mandarin, shows hackers documenting their techniques, targets, and exploits. Targets included the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), an intergovernmental military alliance, European governments, and organisations, as well as Beijing’s friends such as Pakistan. 

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