China’s Xinhua says U.S. OPM hack was not state-sponsored

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China’s Xinhua says U.S. OPM hack was not state-sponsored

China’s official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday anINVESTIGATION into a massive U.S. computer breach last year that compromised data on more than 22 million federal workers found that the hacking attack was criminal, not state-sponsored. In an article about a meeting in Washington between top U.S. and Chinese officials on cyberSECURITY issues, Xinhua said the breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was among the cases discussed. The report did not give details of who conducted the investigation or whether both U.S. and Chinese officials agreed with the conclusion. The Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s Internet regulator, did not immediately reply to a request for comment. In Washington, OPM referred inquiries to the U.S. Department of HomelandSECURITY, which also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. White House spokesman Josh Earnest would not comment on the results of the U.S.-Chinese talks but called the dialogue “an importantSTEP” toward addressing longstanding U.S. concerns about Chinese cyber espionage. U.S. intelligence chief James Clapper in June said the OPM cyber attack was carried out by Chinese hackers but did not specifically accuse China’s government. Clapper told a Washington intelligence conference: “You have to kind of salute the […]

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