The White House has confirmed that a spear-phishing attack struck an unclassified network in its environment. The affected system was identified and isolated, a White House official says. The incident is hardly the first time attackers from China have been accused of targeting U.S. government systems. An official downplayed the recent attack in a statement to Dark Reading, however, noting that sensitive systems were not impacted. A security expert says the incident underscores the susceptibility of employees, even at the highest level of government to targeting attacks.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/white-house-confirms-spear-phishing-attack