U.S. authorities say campaign amounted to foreign interference over targeting of government officials, members of congress
From the left: U.K. Conservative MP Tim Loughton, former Conservative leader, Iain Duncan Smith and SNP's former defense spokesman Stewart McDonald from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, hold a press conference in central London on March 25. The organization comprised of elected officials around the world, which works to counter threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party, is among the groups that have been targeted by a Chinese hacking campaign.
“Today’s announcements underscore the need to remain vigilant to cybersecurity threats and the potential for cyber-enabled foreign malign influence efforts, especially as we approach the 2024 election cycle,” Matthew Olsen, assistant attorney-general of the Justice Department’s national-security division, said in a statement.
The Canadian government did not immediately respond to questions about whether Canada had also been targeted in the hacking campaign. In a social-media post, the Department of Global Affairs condemned the hacking that targeted Britain without naming the Chinese government. In the indictment against the seven hackers, unsealed Monday, U.S. prosecutors said the hacking resulted in confirmed or potential intrusions into work accounts, personal e-mails, online storage and telephone call records belonging to millions of Americans.
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