On February 16th, a milestone event within the international cyber security community took place. A Chinese cyber security company named Anxun released 577 internal documents and chat records on the online developer platform GitHub. Discovered and shared on X by Taiwanese security researcher Anzaka Sekai (@AzakaSekai_) on February 18th, the leak revealed a series of targets of overseas attack along with aggressive means and operations. The leaked documents show that this hacking organization has been massively infiltrating networks in Asia (including Taiwan, South Korea, Mongolia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, India, the Middle East, etc.), Australia, Africa, Central America (including Cuba), South America, Europe (including the UK), and NATO, and illegally gathering data. In addition to providing domestically developed hacking tools and training, Anxun also openly sold data stolen from foreign institutions, as well as monitoring public sentiments on personal social media accounts on Weibo and WeChat. The leaked files also contain malware targeting various platforms including Microsoft Exchange and Android, a Twitter sentiment manipulation system, and custom hardware for network penetration. The BBC has verified the authenticity of these leaked documents with several security researchers. The internal operations of CCP hackers were exposed to the outside world for the first time, attracting strong international attention.
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