Chinese Hackers Attempt to Get 20 Million Taobao Records

Hackers in China attempted to access over 20 million 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. An Alibaba spokesman said the company detected the attack in "the first instance", reminded users to change passwords, and worked closely with the police investigation.