Posted on 07/20/2023 5:03:13 PM PDT by dynachrome
China-based hackers breached the email account of US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns as part of a recent targeted intelligence-gathering campaign, three US officials familiar with the matter told CNN.
The hackers also accessed the email account of Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of State for East Asia, who recently traveled with Secretary of State Antony Blinken to China, the people said.
The news, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, adds to the fallout for the US of the alleged Chinese hack first revealed last week. The hackers also infiltrated the emails of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, CNN previously reported.
US officials have consistently labeled China as the most advanced of US adversaries in cyberspace, a domain that has repeatedly been a source of bilateral tension in recent years. The FBI has said Beijing has a larger hacking program than all other governments combined.
The hackers breached the unclassified US government email system, and US officials generally operate with the assumption that anything on the unclassified network can be hacked. Still, the Biden administration believes that the Chinese hacking operation gave Beijing insights about US thinking heading into Blinken’s high-stakes trip to China in June, CNN has reported.
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I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused.
Let me guess? “Rainbow123” ????
This is how they’re going explain away the grift. It was hackers. Right. This is a distraction.
“Chinese hackers breached US ambassador to China’s email account”
I guess no one told him to NEVER SHARE HIS PASSWORD, regardless of how ‘cute’ his latest Chinese ‘conquest’ happen to be. After all, even Fong Fong stayed loyal to China, DESPITE the ‘riches’ that the West had to offer (including Grooming, LGBT Training, etc.).
> I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused. <
Me too. I try to imagine what stupid emails the ambassador might have sent.
“The Marine guard at the gate used the wrong pronoun when stopping a Chinese transsexual spy. I thanked the guard for stopping the spy. Then I severely berated him for using the wrong pronoun.”
They don’t care... in fact, I think the admin approves.
Password
THE ADULTS ARE BACK IN CHARGE, FOLKS.
China probably has unfettered access to most everything the USA does and I suspect these particular “hacks” were deliberately made visible.
“and US officials generally operate with the assumption that anything on the unclassified network can be hacked.”
So why use it at all?
L
China doesn’t have to ‘advanced’; They have the keys to the kingdom thru Biden.
But China is our friend.
Butt, butt, butt.........
“BigGuy10%”
Dear Chinese overlords,
My embassy cloud server administrative account is as follows:
Login name: admin
Password: admin
Please do not forget to give us an extra 10% to the Big Guy!
Hunter
The woke U.S, deeo state is being tasked with so many meetings and ecounters with the CCP that I am surprised this is not happening more often, even with U.S. staff assigned to other countries besides China.
“Corn-Pop-WhipmyA$$”
Lol. :) best one so far
I have been to Fedgov security briefings on corporate travel to China. And elsewhere in Asia BTW. The recommendations are draconian to say the least.
The Feds know all this, and have for years.
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