Microsoft says China-linked hackers accessed government emails
1 year, 5 months ago

Microsoft says China-linked hackers accessed government emails

Al Jazeera  

China rejects allegations that its hackers targeted Western accounts, accusing the US of spreading ‘disinformation’. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan appeared to confirm the allegations on Wednesday, saying that the United States had detected a breach of federal government accounts “fairly rapidly” and is investigating the matter. “It is high time that the US explained its cyberattack activities and stopped spreading disinformation to deflect public attention,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told reporters on Wednesday. White House National Security Council spokesman Adam Hodge said an intrusion in Microsoft’s cloud security had “affected unclassified systems”, without elaborating. “The US intelligence community assesses that China almost certainly is capable of launching cyberattacks that could disrupt critical infrastructure services within the United States, including against oil and gas pipelines and rail systems,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in May.

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Microsoft urges Donald Trump to take tougher stance against cyberattacks from Russia, China, Iran
4 weeks ago

Microsoft urges Donald Trump to take tougher stance against cyberattacks from Russia, China, Iran

Firstpost  

The Biden administration did great in strengthening cyber security defences. However, Microsoft’s president and vice chair Brad Smith has been urging President-elect Trump to look at additional measures to discourage and prevent cyber threats According to Microsoft many of these attacks are not only tolerated but sometimes facilitated by foreign governments, particularly in Russia. Image Credit: Reuters Microsoft is stepping …

US says China-linked hackers behind ‘significant’ cyberespionage campaign
1 month, 1 week ago

US says China-linked hackers behind ‘significant’ cyberespionage campaign

Al Jazeera  

FBI announcement follows alleged targeting of mobile phones used by Donald Trump and JD Vance. US authorities say they have uncovered “a broad and significant” cyberespionage campaign carried out by China-linked hackers aiming to steal information from Americans working in government and politics. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in a joint statement on Wednesday that …

China hack enabled vast spying on US officials, likely ensnaring thousands of contacts
1 month, 2 weeks ago

China hack enabled vast spying on US officials, likely ensnaring thousands of contacts

Live Mint  

Hackers linked to Chinese intelligence used precision strikes to quietly compromise cellphone lines used by an array of senior national security and policy officials across the U.S. government in addition to politicians, according to people familiar with the matter. The emerging picture of the intrusion’s reach helps confirm the intelligence community’s concerns about the potentially dire national security consequences of …

Chinese Hackers Target Trump Campaign via Verizon Breach
54 years, 11 months ago

Chinese Hackers Target Trump Campaign via Verizon Breach

Wired  

The Chinese spy operation adds to the growing sense of a melee of foreign digital interference in the election, which has already included Iranian hackers’ attempt to hack and leak emails from the Trump campaign—with limited success—and Russia-linked disinformation efforts across social media. Ahead of the full launch next week of Apple’s AI platform, Apple Intelligence, the company debuted tools …

Microsoft informs customers that Russian hackers spied on emails
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Microsoft informs customers that Russian hackers spied on emails

The Hindu  

Russian hackers who broke into Microsoft's systems and spied on staff inboxes earlier this year also stole emails from its customers, the tech giant said on Thursday, around six months after it first disclosed the intrusion. The Russian government has never responded to the Microsoft hacking allegations, but Microsoft has said the hackers targeted cybersecurity researchers who had been investigating …

Chinese hackers have stepped up attacks on Taiwanese organizations, cybersecurity firm says
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Chinese hackers have stepped up attacks on Taiwanese organizations, cybersecurity firm says

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A suspected Chinese state- In recent years, relations between China and Taiwan, a self-governed island across the Taiwan Strait that Beijing claims as its territory, have deteriorated. Recorded Future said RedJuliett accessed the servers of those places via a vulnerability in their SoftEther enterprise virtual private network software, an open-source VPN that allows remote connections to an …

China poses genuine and increasing cyber risk, UK spy agency head says
7 months, 1 week ago

China poses genuine and increasing cyber risk, UK spy agency head says

Hindustan Times  

China poses a genuine and increasing cyber risk to the United Kingdom, the head of British spy agency GCHQ said on Tuesday, adding that while Russia and Iran represented an immediate threat, Beijing was an epoch-defining challenge. In a speech last month, Sunak said Chinese state-affiliated actors had conducted "malicious cyber campaigns" against British lawmakers. On Monday, Sunak said Britain …

China’s cyber war on the West is escalating
7 months, 2 weeks ago

China’s cyber war on the West is escalating

The Telegraph  

The latest hack in the UK to be blamed on Beijing – of the Ministry of Defence’s payroll, including sensitive details on military personnel – is deeply embarrassing for the Government and shows nowhere is safe from Chinese cyber hacking. China’s ministry of state security has developed sophisticated cyber hacking operations that rival Western intelligence agencies. In a further example …

After searing Cyber Safety Review Board report, Microsoft tells employees that security comes first
7 months, 2 weeks ago

After searing Cyber Safety Review Board report, Microsoft tells employees that security comes first

The Hindu  

Microsoft is telling its employees that security is “job number one” and will become the company’s “top priority,” with the direction coming after a Cyber Safety Review Board report strongly criticised Microsoft’s security operations over the Storm-0558 cloud breach. In a blog post authored by Charlie Bell, Executive Vice President at Microsoft Security, the company acknowledged threats from the Storm-0558 …

Why the threat of a ‘nightmare’ Chinese supercomputer just got a step closer
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Why the threat of a ‘nightmare’ Chinese supercomputer just got a step closer

The Telegraph  

A cyber security official at the US State Department had noticed something unusual. China’s hackers had been able to steal or forge a digital key – the “cryptographic equivalent of crown jewels”, US officials said in a report. On June 26, 10 days after the US government discovered the Chinese hack, Microsoft launched an “all-hands-on-deck” investigation that ran overnight, uncovering …

Scathing federal report rips Microsoft for shoddy security, insincerity in response to Chinese hack
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Scathing federal report rips Microsoft for shoddy security, insincerity in response to Chinese hack

The Hindu  

In a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency, a Biden administration-appointed review board issued a report Tuesday saying “a cascade of errors” by the tech giant let state-backed Chinese cyber operators break into email accounts of senior U.S. officials including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. The panel made sweeping recommendations, including urging Microsoft to put on hold adding features …

Scathing federal report rips Microsoft for shoddy security, insincerity in response to Chinese hack
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Scathing federal report rips Microsoft for shoddy security, insincerity in response to Chinese hack

Associated Press  

BOSTON — In a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency, a Biden administration-appointed review board issued a report Tuesday saying “a cascade of errors” by the tech giant let state-backed Chinese cyber operators break into email accounts of senior U.S. officials including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. The panel made sweeping recommendations, including urging Microsoft to put on hold …

Series of unfounded cyberattack claims latest smear campaign: China Daily editorial
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Series of unfounded cyberattack claims latest smear campaign: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

In a new smear campaign against China, the United States and some of its key allies have accused the country of being responsible for a series of hackings over the last decade or more targeting officials, journalists, parliamentarians and institutions in the US and the United Kingdom, with the authorities in the two nations filing charges or imposing sanctions against …

New Zealand joins the US and the UK in alleging it was targeted by China-backed cyberespionage
8 months, 3 weeks ago

New Zealand joins the US and the UK in alleging it was targeted by China-backed cyberespionage

Deccan Chronicle  

Wellington, Mar 26 Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a state- New Zealand's allegation comes a day after American and British authorities announced a set of criminal charges and sanctions against seven hackers, all believed to be living in China, who targeted US officials, journalists, corporations and pro-democracy activists, as well as the UK's election watchdog. Collins said the …

'Chinese govt-backed organisations were behind cyber attacks on critical infrastructure and organisations': US and UK announce sanctions
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'Chinese govt-backed organisations were behind cyber attacks on critical infrastructure and organisations': US and UK announce sanctions

Op India  

The United States and Britain on Monday have sanctioned two individuals and one Wuhan-based company that allegedly targeted critical infrastructure sectors in the US as part of an expansive hacking effort. The US and the UK have sanctioned PRC state- “OFAC is also designating Zhao Guangzong and Ni Gaobin, two Chinese nationals affiliated with Wuhan XRZ, for their roles in …

Chinese Scourge: US, UK, New Zealand accuse China-sponsored hackers for taking down crucial infra, parliament
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese Scourge: US, UK, New Zealand accuse China-sponsored hackers for taking down crucial infra, parliament

Firstpost  

The US and the UK are alleging that China- Officials from the United States and the United Kingdom have jointly filed charges and imposed sanctions against China, alleging its involvement in a widespread cyberespionage campaign targeting millions of individuals and organizations worldwide. According to Deputy US Attorney General Lisa Monaco, the primary objectives of the hacking operation were to silence …

U.S., U.K. accuse China of state-backed cyberattacks, voter data theft
8 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S., U.K. accuse China of state-backed cyberattacks, voter data theft

The Hindu  

Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a sweeping, state-backed operation that targeted U.S. officials, journalists, corporations, pro-democracy activists and the U.K.'s election watchdog, American and British authorities said on March 25 in announcing a set of criminal charges and sanctions. “The Justice Department will not tolerate efforts by the Chinese government to intimidate Americans who serve the public, silence …

Explainer | What we know about China's alleged state-backed hacking
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Explainer | What we know about China's alleged state-backed hacking

New Indian Express  

BEIJING: Multiple Western nations have accused hacking groups backed by China of a global campaign of cyber espionage targeting critics, democratic institutions and other sensitive business targets. The revelations shed further light on Beijing's state-backed hacking operations, which the US has said are the biggest of any country. Here's what we know about Beijing's alleged state-backed hacking operations: 'Persistent threat' …

US and UK accuse China of cyber espionage campaign affecting millions of people around world
8 months, 4 weeks ago

US and UK accuse China of cyber espionage campaign affecting millions of people around world

ABC  

In short: The US and UK say China is behind a worldwide cyber espionage campaign that has affected millions of people. Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia was not affected by the hacking but the federal government has "serious concerns about malicious cyber activities by China state-backed actors". US and British officials have filed charges, imposed sanctions, and called out …

PICTURED: Seven Chinese government-backed hackers who stole private information from MILLIONS of Americans and launched cyberattacks against the Navy and politicians (and they're from WUHAN!)
8 months, 4 weeks ago

PICTURED: Seven Chinese government-backed hackers who stole private information from MILLIONS of Americans and launched cyberattacks against the Navy and politicians (and they're from WUHAN!)

Daily Mail  

The US Treasury Department levied sanctions on a Chinese firm Monday, accusing it of being a front company for 'dangerous and irresponsible' state- The announcement came on top of seven indictments issued by the Department of Justice accusing seven men affiliated with that company, Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company Ltd., of 'malicious cyber operations.' The US Treasury Department levied …

US and UK go after Chinese hackers accused of state-backed operation against politicians, dissidents
8 months, 4 weeks ago

US and UK go after Chinese hackers accused of state-backed operation against politicians, dissidents

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a sweeping, state-backed operation that targeted U.S. officials, journalists, corporations, pro-democracy activists and the U.K.'s election watchdog, American and British authorities said Monday in announcing a set of criminal charges and sanctions. “The Justice Department will not tolerate efforts by the Chinese government to intimidate Americans who serve the public, silence …

Security News This Week: Russian Hackers Stole Microsoft Source Code—and the Attack Isn’t Over
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Security News This Week: Russian Hackers Stole Microsoft Source Code—and the Attack Isn’t Over

Wired  

For years, Registered Agents Inc.—a secretive company whose business is setting up other businesses—has registered thousands of companies to people who appear to not exist. State attorneys general from around the US sent a letter to Meta on Wednesday demanding the company take “immediate action” amid a record-breaking spike in complaints over hacked Facebook and Instagram accounts. A ransomware attack …

Microsoft says Russian hackers again trying to breach its systems
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Microsoft says Russian hackers again trying to breach its systems

Hindustan Times  

Microsoft has said that Russian foreign intelligence-linked hackers again tried to break into its systems, using data stolen from corporate emails in January to access the tech giant whose products are widely used across the national security establishment in the US. The analysts are worried about national security risks about the alleged role of Nobelium or Midnight Blizzard, a purported …

Chinese hackers breached immigration data from Indian government: Report
10 months ago

Chinese hackers breached immigration data from Indian government: Report

Hindustan Times  

Hacking groups based in China have breached 95.2 gigabytes of immigration data from the Indian government as the country continues to be one of the prime targets of Beijing hackers, an investigation by The Washington Post revealed. Chinese hackers reportedly breached Indian immigration data The Washington Post published a report on Thursday which said that a trove of documents was …

Massive leak shows Chinese firm hacked foreign govts, activists: analysts
10 months ago

Massive leak shows Chinese firm hacked foreign govts, activists: analysts

The Hindu  

A Chinese tech security firm was able to breach foreign governments, infiltrate social media accounts and hack personal computers, a massive data leak analysed by experts this week revealed. I-Soon also breached "democracy organisations" in China's semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong, universities and the NATO military alliance, SentinelLabs researchers wrote in a blog post Wednesday. "The leak provides some of …

Trove of leaked documents 'reveal scale of Chinese state-linked hacking operation targeting UK government and other Western allies by exploiting weaknesses in software from big tech firms including Mi
10 months ago

Trove of leaked documents 'reveal scale of Chinese state-linked hacking operation targeting UK government and other Western allies by exploiting weaknesses in software from big tech firms including Mi

Daily Mail  

A trove of newly leaked documents has revealed a sophisticated hacking operation backed by the Chinese government that has targeted the UK and other Western states. The cache of over 570 documents, images and chat logs was leaked from i-Soon, also known as Auxun, a private tech firm that claims to be able to exploit software vulnerabilities from major tech …

Did a Chinese hacker group target US infrastructure?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Did a Chinese hacker group target US infrastructure?

Firstpost  

The FBI has said that a Chinese state hacker group targeted US infrastructure, and the US has managed to dismantle the efforts to target key public infrastructure such as the power grid and pipelines. Here’s what we know about Beijing’s hacking operations: Washington has warned that China represents “the broadest, most active, and persistent cyber espionage threat” to its government …

FBI director warns Chinese hackers aim to 'wreak havoc' on Americans
10 months, 3 weeks ago

FBI director warns Chinese hackers aim to 'wreak havoc' on Americans

Daily Mail  

FBI director Christopher Wray has expressed serious doubt that Xi Jinping would go through with his promise to Joe Biden not to interfere in the 2024 election. Chinese hackers outnumber FBI cyber agents by about 50 to one, he said, and are part of the world's biggest hacking army. Wray stressed that U.S. government concerns were not linked to Chinese …

US says it disrupted a China cyber threat, but warns hackers could still wreak havoc for Americans
10 months, 3 weeks ago

US says it disrupted a China cyber threat, but warns hackers could still wreak havoc for Americans

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials said Wednesday they disrupted a state-backed Chinese effort to plant malware that could be used to damage civilian infrastructure, as the head of the FBI warned that Beijing is positioning itself to disrupt the daily lives of Americans if the United States and China ever go to war. Speaking before the House Select Committee on the …

Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails of senior leadership team members
11 months ago

Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails of senior leadership team members

Associated Press  

BOSTON — State-backed Russian hackers broke into Microsoft’s corporate email system and accessed the accounts of members of the company’s leadership team, as well as those of employees on its cybersecurity and legal teams, the company said Friday. “We are in the process of notifying employees whose email was accessed,” Microsoft said, adding that its investigation indicates the hackers were …

Hackers exploit bug in Microsoft Outlook to hijack Exchange accounts
1 year ago

Hackers exploit bug in Microsoft Outlook to hijack Exchange accounts

The Hindu  

Russian state- Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team while issuing a warning shared that the nation-state threat actor was identified as a Russian-based nation-state threat actor. The warning highlights the use of known vulnerabilities by hackers despite the availability of security updates and security patches. Organisations are also advised to reduce the attack surface across all interfaces and ensure all software products …

Chinese hackers stole emails from US State Dept in Microsoft breach
1 year, 2 months ago

Chinese hackers stole emails from US State Dept in Microsoft breach

The Hindu  

Chinese hackers who breached Microsoft's email platform this year managed to steal tens of thousands of emails from US State Department accounts, a Senate staffer told Reuters on Wednesday. US officials and Microsoft said in July that Chinese state-linked hackers since May had accessed email accounts at around 25 organisations, including the US Commerce and State Departments. The State Department …

Chinese hackers steal 60,000 State Department emails, says US Senate Staffer
1 year, 2 months ago

Chinese hackers steal 60,000 State Department emails, says US Senate Staffer

Live Mint  

A US Senate staffer has said that Chinese hackers who subverted Microsoft's email platform earlier this year managed to steal tens of thousands of emails from the country's State Department accounts, Reuters has reported. While attending a briefing of the State Department officials, he said officials told lawmakers that 60,000 emails were stolen from 10 different State Department accounts. Earlier …

Explained | How did a China-based hacking group compromise Microsoft’s cloud security?
1 year, 3 months ago

Explained | How did a China-based hacking group compromise Microsoft’s cloud security?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In July, Microsoft said that a China-based hacking group breached U.S. government-linked email accounts. The company further explained that hackers were able to extract a cryptographic key from the engineer’s account to access into email accounts. The China-based threat actor was able to compromise Microsoft’s cloud security systems by using an acquired MSA key to forge …

China-backed hackers gain access to Microsoft email key: Details
1 year, 3 months ago

China-backed hackers gain access to Microsoft email key: Details

India TV News  

In a significant cybersecurity breach, hackers supported by China managed to steal a crucial digital consumer key from Microsoft. The threat actor, identified as Storm-0558, used an acquired Microsoft account consumer key to generate tokens, granting them access to Outlook Web App and Outlook.com. The hackers used this digital skeleton key to infiltrate both personal and enterprise email accounts of …

China may be using AI to sway U.S. voters: Microsoft
1 year, 3 months ago

China may be using AI to sway U.S. voters: Microsoft

The Hindu  

Microsoft researchers said on September 7 they found what they believe is a network of fake, Chinese-controlled social media accounts seeking to influence U.S. voters by using artificial intelligence. A Chinese embassy spokesperson in Washington said that accusations of China using AI to create fake social media accounts were "full of prejudice and malicious speculation" and that China advocates for …

Microsoft says compromised engineer's account led to Chinese hack of U.S. officials
1 year, 3 months ago

Microsoft says compromised engineer's account led to Chinese hack of U.S. officials

The Hindu  

The recently disclosed Chinese hack of senior officials at the U.S. State and Commerce departments stemmed from the compromise of a Microsoft engineer's corporate account, Microsoft Corp. said in a blog post on Wednesday. Microsoft said the engineer's account had been penetrated by a hacking group it dubs Storm-0558, which is alleged to have stolen hundreds of thousands of emails …

How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products
1 year, 3 months ago

How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products

Wired  

For state- But for the past two years, China has added another approach to obtaining information about those vulnerabilities: a law that simply demands that any network technology business operating in the country hand it over. When tech companies learn of a hackable flaw in their products, they’re now required to tell a Chinese government agency—which, in some cases, then …

In China, US Commerce Secy Gina Raimondo Raised Hacking of Her Email
1 year, 3 months ago

In China, US Commerce Secy Gina Raimondo Raised Hacking of Her Email

News 18  

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Wednesday that she had raised the alleged hacking of her email by China-based actors with Beijing officials, as she wrapped up a visit to the world’s second-largest economy. “I did mention that my own emails had been hacked,” Raimondo told a digital press briefing after days of talks with Chinese officials in Beijing …

Microsoft's role in data breach by Chinese hackers to be part of US cyber inquiry
1 year, 4 months ago

Microsoft's role in data breach by Chinese hackers to be part of US cyber inquiry

Firstpost  

A cybersecurity advisory panel in the US will investigate the risks involved in cloud computing and whether Microsoft had a role to play in the recent breach of government email systems by Chinese hackers A US cybersecurity advisory panel, known as the Cyber Safety Review Board, is set to conduct an investigation into the security risks associated with cloud computing. …

Microsoft's role in data breach part of U.S. cyber inquiry: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

Microsoft's role in data breach part of U.S. cyber inquiry: Report

The Hindu  

A U.S. cybersecurity advisory panel will investigate risks in cloud computing that will also include Microsoft Corp.'s role in the recent breach of government department email systems by suspected Chinese hackers, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The report comes after Oregon Senator Ron Wyden in July asked the Federal Trade Commission, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Justice …

Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers behind dozens of Teams phishing attacks
1 year, 4 months ago

Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers behind dozens of Teams phishing attacks

The Hindu  

A Russian government-linked hacking group took aim at dozens of global organisations with a campaign to steal login credentials by engaging users in Microsoft Teams chats while pretending to be from technical support, Microsoft researchers said on Wednesday. These "highly targeted" social engineering attacks have affected "fewer than 40 unique global organizations" since late May, Microsoft researchers said in a …

Silent Sabotage: Chinese hackers target US military bases with malicious malware
1 year, 4 months ago

Silent Sabotage: Chinese hackers target US military bases with malicious malware

Firstpost  

Referred to as a potential “ticking time bomb” by a source in the US Congress, the malware possesses the capability to hinder or slow down US military deployments and resupply efforts by disabling essential utilities at American bases The US government is on a quest to find a harmful computer code, allegedly planted by Chinese hackers, within vital networks controlling …

Email account of US Ambassador to China ‘attacked by Chinese hackers’ days after cyber-espionage campaign unearthed
1 year, 5 months ago

Email account of US Ambassador to China ‘attacked by Chinese hackers’ days after cyber-espionage campaign unearthed

Op India  

US ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns’s email account was hacked jeopardising a bulk of US government emails, the Wall Street Journal reported. The hackers, reportedly linked to Beijing, also breached the cyberspace of Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of state for East Asia, and US Secretary Gina Raimondo’s email. A cyber-espionage campaign by hackers linked to China was unearthed on 12th …

Chinese hackers compromised US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns' email account: Report
1 year, 5 months ago

Chinese hackers compromised US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns' email account: Report

Hindustan Times  

US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns' email account was hacked into by Chinese hackers recently, according to a report by CNN. US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns The latest report adds to similar incident which involved the breach of email account of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo by Chinese hackers, last week. During his recent visit to China, US Secretary of …

Chinese hackers breach US ambassador Nicholas Burns's emails: Report
1 year, 5 months ago

Chinese hackers breach US ambassador Nicholas Burns's emails: Report

India Today  

Beijing-linked hackers accessed US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns' email account in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of individual US government emails, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia, was also hacked in the wider spying operation disclosed earlier this month by Microsoft, …

Chinese hackers breached U.S. government emails on eve of Blinken visit, officials say
1 year, 5 months ago

Chinese hackers breached U.S. government emails on eve of Blinken visit, officials say

The Hindu  

State-backed Chinese hackers foiled Microsoft's cloud-based security in hacking the email accounts of officials at multiple U.S. agencies that deal with China ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to Beijing last month, officials said Wednesday. In a technical advisory Wednesday and a call with reporters, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI said Microsoft determined …

Chinese government hackers SPIED on the State Department
1 year, 5 months ago

Chinese government hackers SPIED on the State Department

Daily Mail  

State-backed Chinese hackers foiled Microsoft's cloud-based security in hacking the email accounts of officials at multiple U.S. agencies that deal with China ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to Beijing last month, officials said Wednesday. U.S. government emails were hacked by a Chinese state- The State Department building in Washington, D.C. State Department officials discovered that state-backed Chinese …

China-based hackers have breached government and individual email accounts, Microsoft says
1 year, 5 months ago

China-based hackers have breached government and individual email accounts, Microsoft says

The Hindu  

China called a Microsoft report that a China-based hacking group breached government-linked email accounts “disinformation,” saying Wednesday that the accusation was meant to divert attention from U.S. cyber activities. In a blog post published Tuesday, Microsoft said the group, which it identified as Storm-0558, gained access to email accounts linked to 25 organizations, including Western European government agencies. A Washington …

Chinese hackers breached State Dept., other government email on eve of Blinken visit, officials say
1 year, 5 months ago

Chinese hackers breached State Dept., other government email on eve of Blinken visit, officials say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — State-backed Chinese hackers foiled Microsoft’s cloud-based security in hacking the email accounts of officials at multiple U.S. agencies that deal with China ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing last month, officials said Wednesday. In a technical advisory Wednesday and a call with reporters, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI said …

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