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The FBI is investigating “serious” claims that hackers in China breached e-mails of top US officials, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.
On Wednesday, Google said a campaign to obtain passwords was aimed at monitoring e-mail, and originated in Jinan, a city in eastern China.
The Chinese government on Thursday denied it was involved.
US government agencies have said no official email accounts were hacked and have released no further information.
“These allegations are very serious. We take them seriously. We are looking into them,” Secretary of State Clinton said.
In a statement on an official company blog on Wednesday, Google said its security was not breached but indicated hundreds of individuals’ passwords were obtained through fraud.
Chinese political activists and officials in other Asian countries were also targeted, Google said.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said China was working to crack down on global computer hacking, but he did not say whether the government would investigate Google’s report.
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