Analysis published earlier this month by Kahu Security raises the possibility that the hack of systems used by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation host committee was the result of a spear phishing attack with links back to the Chinese mainland. Social Security numbers, birth dates, and other personal information belonging to members of the APEC Summit s host committee may have been exposed in the breach. The FBI has declined to confirm or deny that it is investigating the incident, which could be an effort to glean access on world leaders.
Source: https://threatpost.com/apec-host-committee-spear-phished-china-112211/75923/