As per The Washington Post, three former senior US officials, who were among a dozen current and former US and Japanese officials interviewed, said that the hackers had deep, persistent access and appeared to be after anything they could get their hands on- plans, capabilities and assessments of military shortcomings.
Neville Roy Singham reportedly wrote to Prakash Karat, informing him of Chinese media's wide coverage of CPI(M) in reference to Mao Zedong's birth anniversary.
The New York Times pointed out that Singham has been successful in disseminating Chinese government talking points under the pretext of 'progressive advocacy' in countries such as India, Brazil, South Africa and the United States.
The former army chief also expressed his trust in the authorities taking measures to control the situation in Manipur as he urged people not to "second guess them."
Security issues were highlighted during the vetting process of BYD Motors and Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd's proposal, resulting in its rejection by the Centre.
The breach is said to be limited to unclassified emails but the inboxes of Burns and Kritenbrink reportedly could have exposed details of US administration's planned trips to China and details of its policy towards China.