State Department Investigates Cyber Intrusion in East Asia Region

The State Department is investigating an intruder breaking into unclassified department IT systems, starting with embassies and offices in the East Asia/Pacific region and migrating to department headquarters.

State cybersecurity personnel took immediate steps when they detected the intrusion, and initial findings show that they prevented any loss of sensitive U.S. government information, a State spokesman said. When first detected, the intruder was at a location containing a small amount of data.

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