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US lawmaker says FBI notified him of email breach linked to Microsoft cloud hack

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U.S. House lawmaker Rep. Don Bacon said the FBI warned him that China-backed hackers who used a stolen Microsoft key to raid the email accounts of senior U.S. government officials also accessed his email accounts. In a tweet, the Republican congressman from Nebraska said the FBI notified him on Monday that the Chinese government “hacked into my personal and campaign emails from May 15th…

GOP lawmaker says he was hacked by Chinese spies

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Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said Tuesday that he was the victim of a hacking attack by Chinese spies after hackers reportedly also managed to read emails belonging to State Department employees. “I thank the FBI for notifying me that the CCP hacked into my personal and campaign emails from May 15th to June 16th of this year,” Bacon wrote Monday on X, the social media platform…

Nebraska Republican Congressman Don Bacon says Chinese Communist Party hacked his emails this year

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Nebraska Republican Congressman Don Bacon says that the Chinese Communist Party hacked his emails earlier this year. On social media Monday, Bacon alleged that his personal and campaign emails were hacked from May 15 to June 16. “The CCP hackers utilized a vulnerability in the Microsoft software, and this was not due to 'user error,'” Bacon wrote on social media. Read more here.

Nebraska congressman says emails hacked by Chinese Communist Party

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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Rep. Don Bacon says the FBI notified him that a portion of his personal and campaign emails were hacked by the Communist Party of China for about a month. Congressman Bacon posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, about the development on Monday afternoon, noting that the Chinese Communist Party hackers had access to emails between May 15 and…

Republican lawmaker says Chinese hackers breached his emails

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WashingtonCNN —  Suspected Chinese hackers breached the personal and campaign email accounts of a Republican congressman who has been critical of the Chinese government, the lawmaker said in a social media post on Monday.  Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska is the first known lawmaker to have their email account hacked in an alleged Chinese espionage campaign. The hackers also…

US congressman says Chinese spies hacked his emails

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WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Don Bacon late on Monday said the FBI had warned him that his emails had been hacked by Chinese spies, with both personal and campaign messages compromised. Bacon was told the Chinese Communist Party had access to his accounts for about a month ending on June 16, he said on X, the social media platform formerly known as…

US lawmakers call on FIFA to recognise exiled Afghanistan women's football team

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WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers called on FIFA to recognise the exiled Afghanistan women's soccer team, in a letter sent to the sport's international governing body on Friday (Aug 11). The team has been playing in exile in Australia since the Taliban took control of the Afghan government in August 2021, causing many prominent women to flee the country for fear of…

Bacon, Panetta, Klobuchar Host Presser on Resolution Condemning Russian Kidnapping of Ukrainian Children

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Bacon, Panetta, Klobuchar Host Presser on Resolution Condemning Russian Kidnapping of Ukrainian Children  Washington– Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE-02), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19), and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) hosted  a press conference to discuss their House Concurrent Resolution Condemning Russian Kidnapping of Ukrainian Children and the Senate companion. Since February 24, 2022,…

Bacon sponsors resolution criticizing Russia’s kidnappings of Ukrainian children

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A bipartisan, bicameral resolution unveiled on March 28 by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) denounces the kidnappings of Ukrainian children by the Russian Federation. “There are no two ways about this, the Russian Federation is abducting children and trafficking them to other families in Russia,” Rep. Bacon said. “We cannot sit by as Vladimir Putin acts like a ruthless dictator and steals…