China-based hackers have breached email accounts at two-dozen organizations, including some US government agencies, in an apparent spying campaign aimed at acquiring sensitive information, according to statements from Microsoft and the White House.
The full scope of the hack is being investigated, but US officials and Microsoft have been quietly scrambling in recent weeks to assess the impact of the hack and contain the fallout. “Last month, US government safeguards identified an intrusion in Microsoft’s cloud security, which affected unclassified systems,” National Security Council spokesperson Adam Hodge said in a statement to CNN.
There is still an “ongoing, active investigation” in the US government to understand the full scope of the hack, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. US officials have consistently labeled China as the most advanced of US adversaries in cyberspace. The FBI has said Beijing has a larger hacking program than all other governments combined. China has routinely denied the allegations. The Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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