{"id":1971462,"date":"2023-07-12T21:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T01:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/commerce-secretary-gina-raimondos-email-breached-by-chinese-cyber-spies-report\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T22:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T02:00:58","slug":"commerce-secretary-gina-raimondos-email-breached-by-chinese-cyber-spies-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/commerce-secretary-gina-raimondos-email-breached-by-chinese-cyber-spies-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese cyber spies reportedly breached the email of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcommerce-secretary-gina-raimondos-email-breached-by-chinese-cyber-spies-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1971462&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Chinese Hackers Breach Commerce Secretary&#8217;s Email<\/h2>\n<p>Reports have emerged that Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo&#8217;s email was breached by Chinese hackers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-chairwoman-ward-wants-decertification-of-ariz-election-results\/\" title=\"GOP chairwoman Ward wants decertification of Ariz. election results\">raising concerns<\/a> about cybersecurity and potential diplomatic tensions.<\/p>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-extends-southern-california-stay-at-home-order-for-at-least-another-three-weeks\/\" title=\"Newsom Extends Southern California Stay-at-Home Order For at Least Another Three Weeks\">press briefing<\/a>, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed the breach but was cautious about divulging further details. However, anonymous U.S. officials informed the New York Times that the hackers were likely connected to China&#8217;s intelligence services and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/commerce-secretary-gina-raimondos-email-breached-by-chinese-cyber-spies-report\/\" title=\"Chinese cyber spies reportedly breached the email of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.\">specifically targeted individual email accounts<\/a>, including Raimondo&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>This breach stands out as the only significant official account that was compromised. It was accomplished by exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft&#8217;s cloud, which has since been addressed.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the attack is notable, as it coincides with the Commerce Department&#8217;s imposition of export controls on Chinese technologies, a move that has drawn China&#8217;s displeasure. In addition to Raimondo, hackers also targeted the accounts of a congressional staffer, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-considers-reinstating-burma-sanctions-axed-by-top-asia-adviser\/\" title=\"Biden Considers Reinstating Burma Sanctions Axed by Top Asia Adviser\">human rights advocate<\/a>, and several U.S. think tanks.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that U.S. officials have emphasized that no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-73976-ballots-released-by-maricopa-county-56-1-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 73,976 Ballots Released By Maricopa County \u2014 56.1% FOR DONALD TRUMP\">classified information<\/a> was accessed during the breach. However, the incident occurred during Secretary of State Antony Blinken&#8217;s visit to Beijing, potentially straining relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, it is crucial for governments and organizations to remain vigilant and take proactive measures to safeguard sensitive information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese hackers reportedly breached Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo&#8217;s email. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed the breach during a press briefing but refrained from sharing more details. According to anonymous U.S. officials, the Chinese hackers are likely linked to the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1971463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1971463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}