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    Hallucinating Credibility: China-Aligned TA419 Impersonates its Way into US AI Policy Circles

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    Key Findings In July 2026, a China-aligned threat actor Proofpoint tracks as TA419 conducted multiple credential phishing campaigns impersonating prominent economists and artificial intelligence (AI) policymakers to target AI experts working for US think tanks, universities, and legal sector organizations. TA419 also previously impersonated a prominent Anthropic employee to target an AI policy expert at a US think tank in February 2026. This activity likely supports wider Chinese intelligence objectives to better understand ongoing developments within the US AI policy and regulatory landscape…

    Source: https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/hallucinating-credibility-china-aligned-ta419-impersonates-its-way-us-ai-policy

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