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TA419 impersonated AI experts to target policy specialists
A China-aligned hacking group called TA419 allegedly impersonated AI experts, including former White House official Lynne Edwards Parker, to target US and Japanese policy specialists with credential-stealing login pages.
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AllegedProofpoint reported that TA419 targeted US policy experts in July.
“The report, released on Thursday, found that in July, a China-aligned hacking group called TA419 targeted a slate of US policy experts”
AllegedTA419 impersonated prominent figures, including former White House official Lynne Edwards Parker.
“by impersonating prominent figures, including Lynne Edwards Parker, the former principal deputy director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy”
TA419 had been operating since April 2025.
“The hackers, who had been operating since April 2025”