London — Hackers working for China’s ministry of state security broke into networks of eight of the world’s biggest technology service providers in an effort to steal commercial secrets from their clients, according to sources familiar with the attacks.

Reuters on Wednesday reported extensive new details about the global hacking campaign, known as Cloud Hopper and attributed to China by the US and its Western allies...

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