Beijing admits Chinese hackers behind attack on US agency

TOKYO — Beijing has for the first time acknowledged that Chinese hackers were behind a cyberattack carried out against a U.S. government agency.

The admission — which follows years of China denying any connection to cyber espionage — came at a meeting between top Chinese and American national security officials in Washington D.C.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Attorney General Loretta Lynch met with their Chinese counterparts, including China’s Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun, for the first U.S.-China ministerial talks on fighting cybercrime in Washington on Dec. 1-2.

The Chinese officials maintained, however, that their government is not involved in cyber espionage activity. For the full article click here 

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