{"id":13855,"date":"2024-03-25T16:37:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/chinese-hackers-targeted-electoral-commission-and-politicians-say-security-services\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T16:37:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:37:56","slug":"chinese-hackers-targeted-electoral-commission-and-politicians-say-security-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/chinese-hackers-targeted-electoral-commission-and-politicians-say-security-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese hackers targeted Electoral Commission and politicians, say security services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy PM Oliver Dowden says Britain \u2018will not tolerate malicious cyber-activity targeting our democratic institutions\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Chinese state-backed hackers were responsible for two malicious digital campaigns targeting the UK\u2019s democratic institutions and politicians, the security services have found.<\/p>\n<p>The UK holds China responsible for a prolonged cyber-attack on the Electoral Commission during which Beijing allegedly accessed the personal details of about 40 million voters.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/mar\/25\/chinese-hackers-targeted-electoral-commission-and-politicians-say-security-services\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3f143d46c44ad169e35ae2322701041ff0cdae5b\/0_494_7373_4424\/master\/7373.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=216e4d8c5fb772fa4e9ff4b394536855\" title=\"Chinese hackers targeted Electoral Commission and politicians, say security services\" \/>Deputy PM Oliver Dowden says Britain \u2018will not tolerate malicious cyber-activity targeting our democratic institutions\u2019<br \/>\nChinese state-backed hackers were responsible for two malicious digital campaigns targeting the UK\u2019s democratic institutions and politicians, the security services have found.<br \/>\nThe UK holds China responsible for a prolonged cyber-attack on the Electoral Commission during which Beijing allegedly accessed the personal details of about 40 million voters. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy PM Oliver Dowden says Britain \u2018will not tolerate malicious cyber-activity targeting our democratic institutions\u2019 Chinese state-backed hackers were responsible for two malicious digital campaigns targeting the UK\u2019s democratic institutions and politicians, the security services have found. The UK holds China responsible for a prolonged cyber-attack on the Electoral Commission during which Beijing allegedly accessed &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/chinese-hackers-targeted-electoral-commission-and-politicians-say-security-services\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chinese hackers targeted Electoral Commission and politicians, say security services<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13855"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}