House China Committee Leader Calls for Classified Briefing on Chinese Hackers Impersonating US Lawmaker

House China Committee Leader Calls for Classified Briefing on Chinese Hackers Impersonating US Lawmaker

The leading Democrat on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is requesting U.S. intelligence officials to arrange a classified briefing, after suspected Chinese state-backed cyberactors impersonated the panel’s Republican chair to steal sensitive data. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) called the CCP’s cyber tactic of impersonating Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) an “illegal and sanctionable act,” in a letter to Director…