Exclusive: U.S. manufacturing group hacked by China as trade talks intensified - sources

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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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