China was using a Flaw in Microsoft Cloud to Hack on US Government Officials.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates praises Chinese leader and friend Xi Jinping in June 2023 as China was using Microsoft flaw to spy on US officials.
China was using a flaw in Microsoft Cloud to launch a cyberattack on US government officials’ email accounts.
According to the New York Times, “the hack, by a Chinese group that the company said was intent on conducting espionage, went undetected for a month.”
New York Times reported:
Chinese hackers penetrated the email accounts of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and other State and Commerce Department officials in the weeks before Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken traveled to Beijing in June, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
The investigation of the efforts by the Chinese hackers,
