WASHINGTON — Beijing-linked hackers accessed US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns' email account in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of individual US government emails, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday (July 20).
Beijing-linked hackers accessed US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns' email account in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of individual US government emails, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday .
Asked about the reported breach of the two diplomats' accounts, the State Department declined to give any details and said its investigation of the spying operation was ongoing. "I can't comment on an investigation that's underway being conducted by the FBI, but no, I will not rule it out," Mr Kritenbrink said.
China's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report, but the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs previously called the earlier accusations"disinformation".
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