Sources: the FBI deemed a recent China-linked hack of a US surveillance system a “major incident”, meaning it poses significant risks to US national security
New: The FBI last week decided a recent China-linked cyber intrusion into a sensitive agency surveillance system constituted a “major incident” under a federal data security statute, according to 3 people with knowledge. https://www.politico.com/...
The bureau first told Congress on March 4 that it was investigating suspicious activity on an internal agency system that contained “law enforcement sensitive information.” The FBI did not publicly ID hackers at the time, but WSJ and later POLITICO reported China was suspect.