Emails were stolen from 10 different State Department accounts and one of the victims was working on East Asia and Pacific, staffer tells Reuters.
Although the victims weren't named, all but one of them was working on East Asia and the Pacific, the staffer says. / Photo: Reuters Archive
Chinese hackers who allegedly subverted Microsoft's email platform earlier this year have managed to steal tens of thousands of emails from US State Department accounts, a Senate staffer told the Reuters news agency. The staffer, who attended a briefing of State Department IT officials earlier on Wednesday, said the officials told lawmakers that 60,000 emails were stolen from 10 different State Department accounts.
Although the victims weren't named, all but one of them was working on East Asia and the Pacific, he said. The staffer, who works for Senator Eric Schmitt, shared the details of the briefing on condition that he not be identified by name.This is a developing story and will be updated.
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