The White House Military Office was the target of a “spear phishing” attack, where a targeted link is sent out with the intent of installing some sort of malware. Officials say the threat was quickly identified and contained before any data was taken. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the attack originated in China, and was performed on behalf of the Chinese government. The incident also supposedly occurred once already in September, when a link was sent to the wrong link or downloaded the wrong file and inadvertently granted some access to intruders.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/somebody-just-tried-to-hack-the-white-house-5948020