Lessons from the iSOON Leaks

Introduction

• A Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) contractor called iSOON (also known as Anxun Information) that specializes in network penetration research and related services has had its data leaked to GitHub.


• Preliminary findings from less than one week since the leak revealed that it contains unprecedented insights into how the Chinese MPS operates by using Chinese commercial surveillance vendors and what their technical capabilities are.


• The Chinese MPS is China’s internal security service that primarily focuses on internal and …

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