Microsoft: US Government Email Accounts Compromised by Chinese Hackers via Stolen Login Key

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07/19/2023

Microsoft: US Government Email Accounts Compromised by Chinese Hackers via Stolen Login Key

CPO Magazine

The United States and Microsoft are implicating China’s state-backed hacking teams in penetrating US government email accounts, in a campaign that reportedly began in mid-May. Microsoft’s threat research team says that the Chinese hackers breached at least two dozen organizations in total, including multiple federal agencies such as the State Department and the Department of Commerce.

While the Chinese hackers appear to have had broad success, they also appeared to be targeting specific individuals for espionage purposes and the overall total of breached government email accounts was “small.” As has become standard, China has denied the claims and accused the US government of conducting its own aggressive hacking campaigns.

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