https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-cyber-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-manufacturing-group-hacked-by-china-as-trade-talks-intensified-sources-idUSKBN1XN1AY
By Christopher Bing
Reuters
November 13, 2019
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As trade talks between Washington and Beijing
intensified earlier this year, suspected Chinese hackers broke into an industry
group for U.S. manufacturers that has helped shape President Donald Trump’s
trade policies, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) was hacked over the summer and
hired a cybersecurity firm, which concluded the attack came from China, the two
sources said.
The security firm, which the sources did not name, made the assessment based on
the usage of tools and techniques previously associated with known Chinese
hacking groups, they said.
The hack of an internal computer network at a powerful Washington industry
group illustrates how China has tried to gain an advantage in the trade war
between the world’s two biggest economies.
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