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STATE DEPARTMENT EMAILS COMPROMISED BY CHINA FOLLOWING MICROSOFT HACK

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Hackers purportedly linked to the Chinese government infiltrated the State
Department after hacking a Microsoft employee earlier this summer, pilfering
around 60,000 emails from the inboxes of 10 employees, revealing sensitive
information including travel itineraries and diplomatic deliberations.

Politico reports that the breach, which has sent shockwaves through Capitol
Hill, has intensified concerns regarding the escalating hacking efforts
allegedly emanating from China. The compromised information is believed to be
highly sensitive, with victims’ travel itineraries and diplomatic deliberations
among the most critical data accessed. The incident has not only raised eyebrows
regarding international cybersecurity but has also brought the spotlight back on
the Indo-Pacific diplomatic efforts, as nine out of the ten compromised email
accounts belonged to individuals working on related issues.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang
shake hands ahead of a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on
June 18, 2023. (Photo by LEAH MILLIS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LEAH
MILLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)


The revelations came to light during a Senate staff briefing, where top
officials from the State Department, including Chief Information Officer Kelly
Fletcher, disclosed the details of the hack. The officials revealed that the
hackers had managed to break into the accounts using a token stolen from a
Microsoft engineer, impacting a total of 25 entities. These figures align with
the public reports released by Microsoft, corroborating the extent and the
method of the breach.



This is just the latest revelation of damage caused by the Microsoft hack. As
Breitbart News previously reported, the hack occurred when alleged Chinese
hackers cracked the account of a Microsoft engineer:

> Bloomberg reports that Microsoft has disclosed that China-linked hackers
> compromised the corporate account of one of its engineers, then used this
> unauthorized access to steal a digital key in order to forge authentication
> tokens. These tokens granted them access to email accounts on Microsoft’s
> cloud servers, including those belonging to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo,
> Representative Don Bacon, and State Department officials.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was also among those impacted by the breach.
Although the State Department has refrained from formally attributing the hack
to the Chinese government, Raimondo did not hold back, calling out the Chinese
government for the hack of her account during a recent visit to China.

Read more at Politico here.



Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and
online censorship.

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