Russian and Chinese hackers breached Foreign Office systems in cyber attack kept secret from public

Russian and Chinese hackers accessed the Foreign Office’s internal systems in a major security breach that was kept secret from the public, i can reveal.
The attacks allowed cyber attackers from Russia and China to access emails, internal messages, and Teams meetings revealing the day-to-day business of the government department. I has learned that hackers from both countries compromised internet-connected servers belonging to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in 2021, although the breach did not give them access to classified information. Insiders at GCHQ – the UK’s intelligence, security and cyber agency – and the FCDO told i the cyber hacks were enabled by a member of staff “probably accidentally” downloading malware hidden in an email. Russian and Chinese state-linked actors would have been able to gain access to correspondence from ambassadors or diplomats positioned abroad which was not marked as classified, the insiders said. Experts warned this may have put diplomats based in hostile environments at risk or potentially damaged relationships with important strategic allies by revealing private communications with other nations.

https://inews.co.uk/news/russian-chinese-hackers-foreign-office-cyber-attack-secret-public-2541644

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