CNN —China-based hackers have breached email accounts at two-dozen organizations, including some United States government agencies, in an apparent spying campaign aimed at acquiring sensitive information, according to statements from Microsoft and the White House late Tuesday.
“Officials immediately contacted Microsoft to find the source and vulnerability in their cloud service,” Hodge said.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., did not immediately respond to a request for comment early Wednesday on the Microsoft findings.
The hacking began in mid-May, when the China-based hackers used a stolen sign-in key to burrow their way into email accounts, according to Microsoft.
The tech giant has since blocked the hackers from accessing customer emails using that technique, Microsoft said late Tuesday.
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