Chinese spies may have hacked GOP lawmaker's emails

The FBI has warned Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon that Chinese spies may have hacked his personal and political email accounts.

The lawmaker announced via X on Monday that Beijing had secured access to his account for roughly a month prior to June 16 due to shortcomings in Microsoft software.

"I thank the FBI for notifying me that the CCP hacked into my personal and campaign emails from May 15th to June 16th of this year. The CCP hackers utilized a vulnerability in the Microsoft software, and this was not due to 'user error,'" he stated. "Thus, there were other victims in this cyber operation. The Communist government in China are not our friends and are very active in conducting cyber espionage. I’ll work overtime to ensure Taiwan gets every $ of the $19B in weapons backlog they’ve ordered, and more."

Bacon later attributed the hack to his anti-China stances, stated that "I stand against the Uighur genocide and abuses conducted in Tibet and Hong Kong. And, I support an independent Taiwan."

China is conducting an ongoing genocide of the Muslim-majority Uighur ethnic group in the northwestern Xinjiang province. The country has also faced longstanding scrutiny for alleged human rights violations in its outlying regions and continues to claim sovereignty over the island of Taiwan.

"Plain and simple, the Chinese Communist Party is a bully. I will not back down. I will always stand up for freedom and human rights around the world," he vowed.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.