Joe Biden is the US President and Xi Jinping is the President of China.
Washington: Chinese hackers have targeted many countries of the world. They are continuously carrying out cyber attacks on different countries and their renowned companies. America is also not untouched by this cyber attack by China. The White House alleges that China has attacked at least 8 American telecommunications companies. Not only this, apart from America, China has also attacked telecommunication and computer networks of many other countries.
The White House claims that many countries of the world including America have been affected by China’s ‘hacking’ campaign. A top official of the White House (the official residence and office of the US President) gave this information on Wednesday. Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger offered new details about a widespread Chinese ‘hacking’ campaign. According to the details, this ‘hacking’ campaign by China allowed officials in Beijing to access the private messages and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans.
FBI is taking steps
Neuberger disclosed this case of ‘hacking’ and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have issued guidelines to root out ‘hacking’ and those associated with it and to prevent similar cyber espionage in future. Did it a day later. White House officials cautioned that the number of affected telecommunications companies and countries could yet increase. Therefore, America has alerted its security agencies to stop hackers. (AP)
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