Chinese cyber actors have claimed to have impersonated The Epoch Times to then send threatening emails to multiple federal agencies and the White House.
The attackers notified The Epoch Times of their threats in a Chinese language email dated Sept. 6 with the subject line: “See the screenshots, you are done.”
Three screenshots of the threats were attached to the email; one of them showing the White House Contact Us page, with the publication’s phone number and email filled in. In a comment littered with exclamation marks, the sender claimed to represent practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual community persecuted in China, and threatened violence against the White House….