Around 60 emails related to US diplomacy were hacked in July during a computer attack suspected of having Chinese origins, which mainly targeted the State Department, its spokesperson said today.
"Around 60 unclassified 'emails' were extracted during this breach“, said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, asked about the matter at a press conference.
Miller reiterated that none of the security systems containing confidential information were hacked.
In July, the The American government revealed the existence of this computer attack which, according to Microsoft, was of Chinese origin and targeted federal agencies, including the State Department.
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To date, the United States has refused to attribute responsibility, but guarantees that “have no reason to doubt the attribution made publicly by Microsoft“, who spoke at the time of a person in charge “based in China which Microsoft calls Storm-0558".
At the end of May, the United States, its Western allies and the Microsoft they had already denounced a “cyber actor” sponsored by China who had infiltrated American critical infrastructure networks.
In a State Department report released today, the United States also denounced a massive disinformation campaign by China that threatens freedom of expression around the world.
