Claims extracted
11
sentences that state something as happening or true
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9%
1 of 11 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
Al Jazeera's corrections and
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Politics
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Chinese hackers have been impersonating artificial intelligence (AI) experts in the United States, including a former government official, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.
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hackers → impersonate → Proofpoint
The report, released on Thursday, found that in July, a China-aligned hacking group called TA419 targeted a slate of US policy experts by impersonating prominent figures, including Lynne Edwards Parker, the former principal deputy director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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group → release → Policy
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Trump → ’ → Jinping
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The hackers, who had been operating since April 2025, first sent otherwise harmless-looking emails intended to engage a target, such as requests to join an “AI Policy Advisory Committee”, and, once they responded, the target would be sent to a fake login page designed to steal their credentials.
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target → warn → credentials
The targets included policy experts at think tanks, defence contractors, universities and law firms in both the US and Japan.
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targets → include → US
The report used a technique that creates a fake browser pop-up window inside a legitimate webpage that mimics an authentic-looking sign-in prompt to deceive victims and make it harder for them to realise they are handing over their information to hackers.
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they → use → hackers
Proofpoint did not specifically name the targets hacked, but the Reuters news agency was able to confirm at least one of them as Alex Engler, a former White House official who now heads the Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy.
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who → name → Media
Engler told Reuters that he got one of the emails, but after checking with industry colleagues, he discovered that he had received the email from an impersonator.
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he → tell → impersonator
In February, the same group was behind the impersonation of a “prominent” Anthropic employee in efforts to target AI policy experts.
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group → target → experts
The cybersecurity firm behind the report believes that the group will continue to target think tanks and other policy experts and will continue to use the identity of real-world experts to do it.
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group → believe → it
Parker did not respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment.
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Parker → respond → comment
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