China Seeks to Influence U.S. Politicians Ahead of Midterm Elections: Former Intelligence Officer

Just weeks before the midterm elections, the FBI issued a warning, to some of the Democratic and Republican state party headquarters, of possible attack by Chinese hackers. The hacking might be part of Beijing’s political espionage efforts or to influence the nominees’ positions on China according to Nick Eftimiades, a former senior intelligence officer and author.“And we’ve seen this actually come to light in a number of cases in the United States and the UK and Italy, e …