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Secret Service: Chinese Hackers Stole Millions in COVID Relief Money

  • #Cybercrime
  • #Fraud and swindling
  • #United Kingdom
story
DEC 2022
Image copyright: Getty Images [via New York Post]
story last updated DEC 2022

The Spin

Anti-China narrative

This tells us that the Chinese government not only condones but works alongside these hackers as they infiltrate US economic relief programs and steal taxpayer dollars. The Secret Service and DOJ have rightly been combatting groups like APT41 for years and must continue to take action against and build measures to prevent such deplorable schemes.

US News

Pro-China narrative

The US for years has claimed that the Chinese government supports cyberattacks, without providing a shred of evidence. This is just the latest example of Washington's smear campaign against China in an attempt to bully Beijing and maintain its global hegemony.

Global Times

Establishment-critical narrative

This is no surprise given that the government handed out more than $800B in COVID funds with zero checks and balances, essentially providing an open invitation to fraudsters and criminals. Coupled with the government's awareness of past Chinese hackers' attempts to steal from relief programs, American taxpayers could understandably believe their government doesn't actually care about safeguarding their hard-earned money.

NBC

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