User:Vin Ezp Esp/Cyberattack

United States of America
In 2015. the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Interior Department were hacked, resulting in data breaches of government and security records. Numerous reports claim that Chinese hackers conducted these attacks, as the Chinese government has used hackers to attack and target U.S. military networks the year prior. In 2024, cyber-tensions remain between the United States and the People's Republic of China, as accusations of hacking the U.S. government continue to arise. Reuters claims that espionage operations have been attacking the U.S. infrastructure, including the electric grid, water plants, oil and gas pipelines, and transportation, placing an increased focus on civilian attacks. Government officials have expressed concern about these attacks, relating them to bombings that have no economic or political gain whatsoever. Though neither of the claims are confirmed by the Chinese government, U.S. officials continue to emphasize Chinese involvement in cyberattacks against their country.

During the 2016 presidential election, an indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers revealed that Russian hackers conducted an attack against the Clinton administration that targeted staff and campaign email addresses, following her opponent’s, Donald Trump's, discernment of missing emails from Democratic servers on the same day as the attack. Robert S. Mueller, a special counsel of the United States government, claimed that the Russian government was also guilty to laundering money and stealing voter information. Furthermore, he investigated a possible conspiracy between the Russian government and Trump’s possible attempt to sway the 2016 election.