According to the newspaper, hackers hacked the emails of US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink. The Wall Street Gazette.
The hackers involved in the attack are said to be linked to Chinese authorities. The publication states that hackers could learn about Washington’s series of planned visits to China by top officials of the US administration, and intra-departmental discussions about US policy towards China.
The cyberattacks began in May, but were first discovered in mid-June ahead of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit to China for State Department cybersecurity experts and Microsoft, which supplied the department with technological equipment.
A few days ago, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan knowledgeableThat Chinese hackers were able to obtain unclassified data by hacking the email accounts of members of the US administration.
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