Chinese Hackers Targeted State Department Emails

“Chinese hackers tried to penetrate specific State Department email accounts in the weeks before Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Beijing in June,” the New York Times reports.

“The investigation of the efforts by the Chinese hackers, who likely are affiliated with China’s military or spy services, is ongoing, American officials said. But U.S. officials have downplayed the idea that the hackers stole sensitive information, insisting that no classified email or cloud systems were penetrated. The State Department’s cybersecurity team first discovered the intrusion.”