WASHINGTON: The Chinese government likely hacked computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 2010, 2011 and 2013, according a congressional report on Wednesday that cited an internal investigation by the banking regulator.
“Even the former Chairwoman’s computer had been hacked by a foreign government, likely the Chinese,” staff at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology said in the report.
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China has long been a prolific hacking adversary for the United States, although intelligence officials believe Beijing has decreased its hacking activity since signing a pledge with Washington last September to refrain from breaking into computer systems for the purposes of commercial espionage.
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