According to New York Times, on Tuesday, he investigates a number of alleged cyber infiltrations focused on prominent American law firms of Chinese hackers of Chinese hackers and quotes two sources familiar with this matter.
One of the affected companies, Williams & Connolly, confirmed to Reuters that hackers had approached some of their computer systems, although it did not specifically attach China attacks. The company stated that a small number of e-mail accounts of the legal representative was endangered by “attack on zero day”.
“The important thing is that there is no proof that confidential client data has been extracted from any other part of our IT system, namely IZ databases where client files are stored,” said the company, as Reuters says.
He said he took steps to block the threat and added that there was no evidence of unauthorized operation in his network.
The FBI and the Chinese Embassy in Washington did not respond immediately to requests for comments.
Importantly, there is no evidence that confidential client data has been extracted from any other part of our IT system.
American officials have complained about Chinese hacker activities for decades and claimed that many attacks are focused on theft of intellectual ownership belonging to American societies.
(With Reuters inputs, nyt)
(Tagstotranslate) Cyber Infiltration (T) Chinese hackers
