Russian and Chinese hackers gained access to the internal system of the British Foreign Office as a result of the hacking. It has been reported News Citing a source at the UK Government Contact Center (GCHQ).
The publication states that the attack occurred in 2021, when hackers managed to access confidential data of UK Foreign Office employees, including copies of email correspondence and meetings, via the Teams programme. The source claims that this was due to one of the department employees accidentally opening an e-mail received in the mail.
The publication emphasizes that hackers cannot access confidential information, but it is possible to access the correspondence of ambassadors or diplomats abroad.
The source added that this was “very embarrassing” and also caused a stir in the UK government, where they didn’t know whether they would accept the hacking as there could be a large amount of information.
He stressed that the incident was not coordinated by the Russian or Chinese side.
Before that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China declarationThe United States is trying to use countries neighboring China to carry out cyber attacks on the republic.
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