Hackers in China attack 20m accounts on Alibaba's Taobao shopping site
by Reuters from Technology | The Guardian on (#12XME)
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Hackers in China attempted to access more than 20m active accounts on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's Taobao e-commerce website using Alibaba's own cloud computing service, according to a state media report posted on the internet regulator's website.
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