{"id":1979771,"date":"2023-07-21T17:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-calls-for-engagement-with-china-after-state-department-hack\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T17:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:25:07","slug":"blinken-calls-for-engagement-with-china-after-state-department-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-calls-for-engagement-with-china-after-state-department-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken urges engagement with China post State Department hack."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fblinken-calls-for-engagement-with-china-after-state-department-hack%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=1979771&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--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0721\/ac06f1ec-804d-428a-b96a-71ba752489c5\/audio.mp3?length=4564845&#038;duration=380\"><\/div>\n<p>The United States\u2019\u200c top diplomat is calling for increased diplomatic engagement\u200c with China\u2019s communist regime following a massive hack of State Department emails by China-linked cybercriminals.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State \u2064Antony Blinken\u2064 is determined to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vp-harris-laughs-when-asked-why-she-hasnt-visited-southern-border\/\" title=\"VP Harris Laughs When Asked Why She Hasn't Visited Southern Border\">strengthen diplomatic ties<\/a>\u200c with communist\u2063 China in response\u2063 to\u2064 the recent cyberattack that compromised hundreds of thousands of U.S. government emails.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve\u2063 this, Mr. Blinken announced that there will be more visits\u2062 from \u200cU.S. \u2064officials to\u200d China and vice versa in\u2063 the coming \u200dmonths.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I anticipate other cabinet members will be going [to China], and Chinese cabinet\u200d members will be coming to the\u200c United States,&#8221; \u200bMr. Blinken said during a discussion at the\u200d Aspen Security Forum \u2063in \u2064Colorado on July 21. &#8220;I think these contacts, these communications are essential and, in fact, it would be irresponsible not to pursue them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have no illusions about where \u2063that goes,&#8221; Mr. \u200cBlinken \u200dadded. &#8220;This is,\u2062 in\u200d many ways, the challenge of our time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Multiple Departments Hit\u2063 by China-Linked Hackers<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Mr.\u2062 Blinken&#8217;s call for increased engagement with China comes \u2064in \u200bthe wake of a significant cyberattack\u2064 that targeted unclassified U.S. government emails.<\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity firms believe that many of\u2063 the hacking groups \u200bresponsible for these attacks \u200dare backed \u2064by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which governs China as a single-party \u2063state. However, CCP \u2064authorities\u2064 deny any involvement in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/factbox-the-chinese-groups-accused-of-hacking-microsoft-the-u-s-and-others\/\" title=\"Chinese groups accused of hacking Microsoft and the U.S.\">state-sponsored hacking<\/a> and \u2064claim that China is\u2064 frequently targeted by cyberattacks.<\/p>\n<p>According to Microsoft, the hackers exploited a flaw in their code and misused\u200d one of\u2062 their digital\u2063 keys, allowing them to steal unclassified\u2063 government emails. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-calls-for-engagement-with-china-after-state-department-hack\/\" title=\"Blinken urges engagement with China post State Department hack.\">cyber intrusions affected \u2062approximately \u206225 \u2063organizations<\/a>, including\u2062 multiple government agencies, and went undetected for at least a month before being discovered in mid-June, around the time of\u200d Mr. Blinken&#8217;s visit to Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>The hackers\u2062 gained access to the email accounts of \u200bvarious officials, including Commerce \u2063Secretary Gina Raimondo, \u2064U.S. envoy\u200d to\u2063 China Nicholas Burns, and\u2062 Assistant Secretary \u2063of State for East Asian and Pacific\u200d Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink, according \u2062to a\u2062 recent Wall Street Journal report.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department\u2062 has not \u2064disclosed the specific details of the \u2064hack, citing security reasons. An ongoing investigation is being conducted to determine the nature and extent \u2064of the\u2063 breach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For security reasons,\u2064 we will not \u2063be \u200csharing additional information on the nature\u2063 and scope of this cybersecurity incident\u200d at this time,&#8221; a\u200c State Department\u2062 spokesperson told The \u200cEpoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>During a Congressional hearing, Mr. Kritenbrink stated that\u200b he\u2062 could\u200c not comment on the investigation but did not rule out the possibility that his emails were among \u200dthose compromised.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Blinken clarified \u200dthat only the unclassified \u2062email systems \u2063of the \u200cdepartment were affected in the breach but declined to\u200d provide further details.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I \u2063can say that the\u2064 incident in question affected\u2063 only our unclassified system,&#8221; Mr. Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We now <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>emails. Blinken emphasized the need for heightened diplomatic engagement with China&#8217;s communist regime in response to the cyberattack on State Department emails. 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