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UK says it’s working with Microsoft to understand impact of Chinese email hack

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Βy James Pearson

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said on Thursday it was working with Microsoft to understand the impact of a wide-reaching Chinese hack which accessed email accounts used by senior U.S. government officials and agencies.

On Tuesday, the tech giant revealed that a stealthy Chinese hacking operation had exploited a secret flaw in a piece of its authentication software in order to covertly break into email accounts belonging to 25 unnamed organisations.

UK says it's working with Microsoft to understand impact of Chinese email hack
The Microsoft sign is shown on top of the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 19,2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

“We are working with Microsoft to fully understand the incident and UK impact,” said a spokesperson for the NCSC, which is part of Britain’s GCHQ spy agency.

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