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A cybersecurity firm says that Chinese government -linked hackers targeted journalists based in Washington and those covering the White House in the weeks after President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory over former President Donald Trump. Proofpoint, a cybersecurity research firm, said in a Thursday report that its researchers identified five campaigns by a Chinese hacker group targeting U.S.-based journalists between January and February 2021, “most notably those covering US politics and national security during events that gained international attention.” Proofpoint said that “of note a very abrupt shift in targeting of reconnaissance phishing occurred in the days immediately preceding” the Capitol...
