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Original WSJ article is paywalled.

Chinese spies reportedly broke into the US Republication National Committee's Microsoft-powered email and snooped around for months before being caught, book says

According to a Wall Street Journal report that cites "people familiar with the matter," the Windows giant alerted top GOP officials about the security breach in early July, 2024, ahead of the party's national convention later that month. At the time, Redmond officials told Republican party leaders that Beijing's intruders had access to the RNC's email system for months.

The privacy breach is also detailed in Alex Isenstadt's new book, "Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power," slated for release in March. The WSJ previewed an excerpt of the book, and says it also verified the claimed intrusion.

Party officials apparently believe the Chinese government snoops were looking for information about how the Republicans, once back in power, would address the thorny issue of Taiwan; apparently the party's platform documents contained no mention of the island nation.

The RNC had previously called for a free-trade agreement with Taiwan in its 2016 platform.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

The appointment of incompetent people to goverment is probably an invitation to the russians to extract US secrets. They just have to pay crumbs to trump for it. The chinese also gaining access might be a side effect.