Chinese hackers breached the email accounts of the US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Daniel Kritenbrink, CNN reports, efforts that appear to be part of a broader intelligence effort.
Hackers got into the unclassified email system of the two diplomats as well as Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, a breach reported last week. US officials have frequently warned about Chinese efforts to get into US federal systems, even the public-facing ones, as a way to get deeper into the flow of US information.