CNN —The Chinese hackers who breached multiple US government agencies in May stole some 60,000 emails from senior State Department officials, including information on officials’ travel itineraries, a Senate staffer briefed on the matter told CNN.
The hackers were also able to access a list of every State Department email address, according to the Senate staffer.
That kind of reconnaissance could be useful information for any follow-on hacking efforts aimed at the State Department.
At a press briefing Thursday, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller confirmed that the hackers accessed about 60,000 State Department emails.
“[T]his was a hack of Microsoft systems that the State Department uncovered and notified Microsoft about,” Miller told reporters.
Persons:
Antony Blinken, Republican Sen, Eric Schmitt of Missouri, Matthew Miller, ” Miller, China Nicholas Burns, Gina Raimondo, Daniel Kritenbrink, Don Bacon of Nebraska, Schmitt, ”, ” Schmitt
Organizations:
CNN, State Department, Republican, State Department IT, State, Department, Microsoft, The State Department, Biden, East
Locations:
Pacific, China, East Asia, Blinken