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Hundreds of copies of Chinese-made ARTEX hacking tools leaked online for anyone to use in further attacks

Headline via TechRadar · first report 9 Nov, 22:45 IST, latest 9 Nov, 22:45 IST

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What we know

So far only TechRadar has reported this (9 Nov, 22:45 IST). It will be marked Verified when a second, independent news organisation reports it. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

StatusDeveloping
Reported by1 news organisation
First report9 Nov, 22:45 IST
Latest report9 Nov, 22:45 IST
DeskTechnology

What the reports sayEach newsroom’s own summary of its report, from its feed

Likely not all instances are malicious, but at least a tenth were used alongside other known hacking tools.

Quoted from the newsrooms’ own feeds, with their names and links. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details.

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