A suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has infiltrated three entities in India—a media conglomerate, a police department, and a government agency holding personal information of over a billion locals—according to a new report. The Insikt Group, a threat research arm of U.S.-based cybersecurity company Recorded Future, published the report on Sept. 21, saying China had a “growing strategic interest in India” in recent years. “As of early August 2021, Recorded Future data shows a 261% increase in the number of suspected state-sponsored Chinese cyber operations targeting Indian organizations and companies already in 2021 compared to 2020. This follows an increase of 120% between 2019 and 2020,” the report states. The report gave the hacking group a temporary name of TAG-28. And it attributed the group’s affiliation to the Chinese regime by saying that the malware it used, Winnti, was “exclusively shared among several Chinese state-sponsored activity groups.” In September last …