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China says it uncovered NSA operatives behind university cyberattack

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Beijing says it uncovered US National Security Agency operatives behind cyberattack on Chinese university.

Second Date’ software used in Northwestern Polytechnical University attack is potent cyber espionage tool developed by US agency, says state media.

After global tracing, Chinese team reportedly found thousands of network devices’ across the country still infected by spyware and its derivatives.

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