Security researchers increasingly believe that an elite Chinese hacking group broke into British software maker Piriform to booby trap popular file cleaning program CCleaner, according to research and private analysis provided to CyberScoop. New research published Monday by Israeli cybersecurity startup Intezer Labs, authored by senior security researcher Jay Rosenberg, adds support to the conclusion that Chinese hackers tried to gain access to a small number of multinational telecommunications and technology companies.

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