U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said it is “very
likely” his emails are read by the Chinese and
Russians, both of whom have been accused of
recent cyberattacks on U.S. government targets.
“It is very likely. It is not outside the realm of
possibility,” said Kerry when asked about the
matter Tuesday during an interview on CBS
Evening News. “We know they have attacked a
number of American interests over the course of
the last days.”
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When pressed further on the issue, the top U.S.
diplomat said, “It’s very possible. I certainly write
things with that awareness.”
The U.S. has blamed China for a series of high-
profile cyberattacks on U.S. government and
business entities in recent years. China has
strongly denied the allegations.
One of the most recent instances occurred earlier
this year, when hackers broke into the Office of
Personnel Management and stole the personal
data of more than 21 million federal employees.
U.S. officials suspect China-based hackers are
responsible, though the Obama administration has
not publicly blamed Beijing for the theft.
U.S. defense officials believe Russia-based, state-
sponsored hackers may have been behind a July
cyberattack on the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of
Staff email network.
The attack affected about 4,000 military and
civilian personnel, though no classified
information is believed to have been stolen.
Earlier this month, NBC News reported that
Chinese hackers have been accessing the private
emails of top U.S. security and trade officials
since at least 2010.
The report said the intrusions all involved the
private emails of the officials and not government
email accounts, which are more secure.
The targeted officials have not been publicly
identified. But the time period of the alleged
hacking overlaps with Hillary Clinton’s use of a
private email account when she was secretary of
state from 2009 to 2013.
U.S. officials raised the issue of cyberattacks
“very, very strongly” in recent dialogue sessions
with the Chinese government, Kerry said.
He insisted they would continue to do so when
President Barack Obama meets Chinese President
Xi Jinping in September at the White House.
“We have agreed to begin to have a working
group dig into this more directly because it is an
enormous concern,” he said.

Source: http://www.mynigerianewspaper.com
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All of them are in the hacking business, why the complain?