Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday he believed that Russian and Chinese hackers read his emails. “It’s very possible,” Mr. Kerry said in an interview with CBS Evening News. “I certainly write things with that awareness.” The chief diplomat told CBS that fighting cyberattacks is a top priority for the U.S., and that officials have seen China launch attacks on American interests in the past few days.
Washington is still on the back - foot when it comes to defending itself against cyber - espionage and will probably stay that way for the next couple of years . Last night on CBS the Secretary of State John he was talking about the latest exposé of Chinese hackers on the internet , namely Dancing Panda . At least his answer was forthright : his base assumption is that any email he writes is being read by both Russia and China . " We are trying to develop a code of conduct and a system of behaviour that hopefully could rein some of it in . But right now it ’s pretty much the Wild code . ”